Indeed, a large-scale national debate has begun over debt-related litigation, prompted by the Federal Trade Commission and certain state and local officials.
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Europe-focused exporters were under pressure in Asia as investors continued to fret over euro-zone debt problems, with sentiment cautious before the Spanish debt sale.
We now have - the state of Massachusetts is now saddled with a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar debt over his government-mandated health care system.
The most significant change outlaws for-profit companies that sell debt-relief services over the telephone from charging fees before they settle or reduce credit-card or other unsecured debt.
Coming from Singapore to California during the height of the financial crisis, we uncovered more and more horror stories over casual conversations about debt and over-leverage, fueled by relentless, uninformed optimism.
Berlin's iconic Tacheles arts centre has been cleared after decades of bureaucratic wrangling over the debt-ridden building.
The International Monetary Fund has expedited the delivery of relief funds and foreign bankers have rolled over short-term debt.
Some are hoping that during the coming confrontation over the debt-limit increase fiscal conservatives will be able to recover lost ground on spending.
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Markets worldwide have tumbled on fears over global debt - with another impasse confirmed in the US and continuing fears over the eurozone crisis.
Just over a year later, the scenario was much the same, as the market had taken a beating over the debt-ceiling impasse in August.
Mel Harris has drawn attacks from consumer advocates over its debt-collection practices, which include filing more than 100, 000 lawsuits in state courts around the country.
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The yield on 10-year Irish government bonds pushed over 10% today, and 10-year Portuguese debt now yields over 7.5%.
But some euro-zone policy makers feel they have heard these financial stability warnings before, not least over the Greek debt write-down, and no longer find them persuasive.
Detectives believe Byfield, who had served a nine-year sentence for dealing in crack cocaine, was "executed" over a drug debt, while Toni-Ann was murdered to stop her identifying the gunman.
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The result: What Parker says is "a great balance sheet, " with a cash-to-debt ratio over 2.0.
This morning, Italian two-year government debt yields 145 basis points over German two-year paper.
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Burdened by debt from over-expansion, more than ten have filed for bankruptcy protection in the last two years.
Most public firms are in a mess, over-staffed and deep in debt.
Verizon eventually turned the matter over to a third-party debt collection agency, even with the knowledge that Howard had died in December 2010.
The uncertainty over the future of debt-laden Ispat Industries ended today with its owners Pramod and Vinod Mittal agreeing to a deal to sell their ailing steelmaker.
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Currently, the difference between its cash and cash equivalents over long-term obligations (debt and capital leases) is improving, but that trend may not hold with greater expected capital expenditures in this fourth quarter.
If he wants to cut taxes and increase public spending before the next general election, he will probably be able to do so without breaking his promise to balance the budget and control public-sector debt over the business cycle.
Proponents of the Cypriot account levy argue that this way gets foreigners who have taken advantage of Cyprus's low-tax regime to share the cost of the bailout of the country's banks, which have been hit hard by their over-exposure to bad Greek debt.
In April, total global debt underwriting fell by more than a quarter year-over-year, while total U.S. debt underwriting dropped by nearly a half, according to Whitney.
Then the researchers look at how much debt students accumulate over their college careers, considering the four-year debt load for a typical student borrower (12.5%) and the overall student loan default rate (5%).
But it has widened in the past year or so, and credit-rating agencies have begun to sound the alarm over Italy's government debt, the third-biggest in the world.
Hedge funds, private-equity firms and other parts of the shadow banking system should go, along with over-the-counter derivatives (OTCs), collateralised-debt obligations (CDOs) and other nefarious structured products.
Currently, global growth is threatened by several macro headwinds such as Euro-zone debt crisis and concerns over U.S. growth both of which can decelerate growth in export-reliant Asian economies and fuel inflation due to prolonged easy money policies.
The return of worry over the Continent's sovereign-debt issues has disrupted a robust start to the year for U.S. stocks.
The legislation merely delayed the fight over the debt ceiling until mid-May.
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