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INTERVIEW-Nigeria says switching to foreign debt to lower costs
Reuters* Nigeria says to cut domestic debt over 3-5 years * Says foreign borrowing 800 bps cheaper than local debt * Targets Debt/GDP ratio of 17 pct by 2018 (Adds analyst comment, details) By Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria will increase...Tags: Economic Policy, Nigeria, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Loans
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IMF urges Montenegro to close aluminum plant to cut debt
ReutersPODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro should shut down the loss-making aluminum plant that is the country's biggest single industrial employer to stem a sharp rise in its public debt, the International Monetary Fund said. The partly state-owned Kombinat...Tags: Oleg Deripaska, International Monetary Fund, Podgorica (Montenegro), Government Debt, Credit and Debt
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Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Energy, European Debt Crisis, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues
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One step closer to obtaining funding to finish new Hedgesville public library building
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe Berkeley County Building Commission advanced a bond ordinance to second reading Thursday that would allow officials to obtain up to $700,000 in financing to complete the new Hedgesville, W.Va., public library building. The bond ordinance for the...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Government, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Loans
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NU Refreshes Its Debt With $750M In Notes
Northeast Utilities is borrowing $750 million in order to pay down other senior debt obligations as well as some of the company's more than $1 billion in short-term debt, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After...Tags: Bank of New York Company, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Credit and Debt
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Bondholders spark U.S. legal drama over Argentine debt
Collection agencies profit by buying up old debt, chasing borrowers for payment and, when all else fails, using the courts to recover as much as they can. It's a business model polished and perfected over decades of litigation. But what if the...
Tags: Bank of New York Company, Litigation and Regulation, Finance, Mutual Funds, Trials
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Farming: Enough fiddling around
Contrary to rumor, Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. He couldn’t have; fiddles did not exist in first century Rome. Far more likely, however, is that Nero lit the fire that burned nearly one-third of the city in 64 AD because he wanted to...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Rome (Italy), U.S. Congress, Elections, Public Finance
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Obama to unveil budget proposal, latest offer in deficit talks
WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a budget proposal Wednesday that curbs spending on Social Security, raises the minimum wage, closes tax loopholes for top earners and invests in infrastructure — an overdue document that the White House...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, White House, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Enough fiddling around
Contrary to rumor, Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. He couldn't have; fiddles did not exist in first century Rome. Far more likely, however, is that Nero lit the fire that burned nearly one-third of the city in 64 AD because he wanted to clear the...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Rome (Italy), U.S. Congress, Elections, Public Finance
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Orland Fire trustees approve tax abatement, flat levy
The Orland Fire Protection District Board of Trustees has voted to reduce the amount of property taxes it is requesting from taxpayers for this year, effectively asking taxpayers for the same amount collected in 2012. Trustees approved the abatement...
Tags: Loans, Taxation, Credit and Debt, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Politics
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Romeoville voters have final say in contentious mayoral race
Romeoville voters will have the final say April 9 in the village's contentious mayoral race between incumbent John Noak and former Chicago Bear Steve McMichael in one of the area's most closely watched municipal contests. The two candidates have...
Tags: Business, Local Elections, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Loans
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Research cites parallels of debt and depression
Does your debt nag at you and make you miserable? A researcher has now put a number to the emotions. He has quantified just how much debt drags some people down. Lawrence Berger, a University of Wisconsin at Madison associate professor of social work,...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Employment, Science and Technology
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 27, 2013
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Mar 23, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 18, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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