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Debt talk dominated meeting

Minutes of the closed-door deliberations, released Tuesday, suggest Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues were closing in on a consensus to launch the debt-purchase program. While Fed officials didn’t see it slipping back into a recession, they worried the economy had become vulnerable to “potential negative shocks,” according to the minutes. The Fed’s purchase aims to drive …

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U.S. Debt a National Security Issue

“The biggest threat we have to our national security is our debt…the interest on our debt is $571 billion in 2012 and that’s notionally about the size of the Defense Department budget. It’s not sustainable.”—

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Nigeria’s Debt Rises 21 Percent to $25.8 Billion, or 13.8 Percent of GDP

Nigeria’s total public debt rose 21 percent last year to $25.8 billion, or 13.8 percent of gross domestic product, the Debt Management Office said.

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China Sold the Most Japanese Debt on Record in August

China sold a record amount of Japanese debt in August, snapping a seventh-straight month of purchases.

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Personal Finance: Debt heartbreak

Dating can be complicated for anyone. But for one guy trying to find Ms. Right when his debt qualifies him as Mr. Wrong, it has been particularly heartbreaking.

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Sara Lee Buyout Speculation Triggers Record Jump in Credit-Default Swaps

Credit-default swaps protecting against losses on the debt of Sara Lee Corp. soared as private- equity firms targeted the company for a takeover, triggering jumps in contracts tied to borrowers from Computer Sciences Corp. to Sealed Air Corp.

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Debt firm Lowell ‘put up for sale by owner’

DEBT collector Lowell Group has reportedly been put up for sale by its private equity owner. (03/10/2010 21:04:03)

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Senior debt must be repaid, says Lenihan

SENIOR DEBT would have to be repaid, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan told the Dáil in the debate on the banking bailout.

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Student debt limits post-grad options

Students who graduate from college and university with high debt loads are putting off buying a house, having children or investing for the future, according to a new report.

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Student debt more than doubled in last 20 years

Canadian university students are taking on higher debt loads than ever before, more than doubling the amount they borrowed 20 years ago, according to a new report from the Canadian Council on Learning.

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