It is time regulators realize that since the adoption of the Euro, there is no more risk-free debt in the Euro zone.
Because, thanks to a recent law change, no taxes are paid on 529 plan earnings, this has the effect of turning corporate debt into tax-free debt.
With increased defaults on these loans, pressure to reduce interest and fees for the loans and a lack of a free debt indicator, many of the traditional loan products have been scaled back.
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DebtConsolidationCare.com, which offers free advice to consumers with debt consolidation questions along with a free debt consolidation calculator, lists eight benefits of debt consolidation, including a single monthly payment, reduction of interest, and stopping collection calls.
The acquisition will be on a cash-free, debt-free basis and is expected to be significantly accretive to ARRIS' Non-GAAP earnings starting in the first full year after closing.
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We are free of debt, have a good wage bill and will give it a good crack.
Interest rates have stayed low because of strong demand for risk-free Treasury debt.
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"The key to owning these stocks is to invest in the ones that are free of debt, " Winer says.
And it pointed out that although India is free of debt to the IMF, its obligations to other countries and to the international financial markets amounted to 80% of gross domestic product.
While people free of debt can live their lives with a great deal of freedom, individuals buried under debt will find their options perpetually limited by what their budget, creditors and credit rating allow them to do.
"Borrowers must seek help, preferably before they miss a payment, speaking to their lender or one of the specialist - and free - debt agencies, such as Citizens Advice, " said Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris.
The problem with these stress tests is that they assumed that 80 % of Greek sovereign debt was risk-free, as all other debt issued by Euro members.
This meant that I attended a state school, but still I graduated debt free.
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He has vetoed efforts to lever up Tejon's balance sheet, which is virtually debt free.
It has also bought back shares in recent years yet maintains a pristine, virtually debt free balance sheet.
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Banish the fear of debt and be proud you and your family are taking action to live debt free.
For borrowers then, Upstart is almost like a risk free form of debt.
Suze Orman, the ubiquitous personal finance guru, advises her followers to pay off their mortgages and live debt free.
If Emirates Stadium could have been built debt free then there would have been tremendous benefit to the club.
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So assuming she uses her debt free status to save more in her 401(k), it looks like a good deal.
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America was actually on track to becoming completely debt free, and we were prepared for the retirement of the Baby Boomers.
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He even offered his employees financial planning seminars as a benefit to help them become debt free and stay on track.
Chang, who was broke when he immigrated to the U.S. fromSouthKorea in 1981, is obsessed with keeping costs low and the company debt free.
Why, if you want to get out of debt, would you choose the slowest and most frustrating and cloudy way possible to become debt free?
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R. 4646, referred to as the Debt Free America Act, is a bill introduced by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) in 2010 ( read the full text here).
Thompson is obsessive about the quality of his balance sheet--Thor is debt free, which allows it to acquire companies when the time is right for Thor, without overleveraging.
As soon as he graduated, and while his classmates were busy looking for a job to pay for student loans, he landed a job at Toyota (NYSE:TM) Europe, debt free.
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