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PPACA: GOP Ignores Veto Threat, OKs Student Loan Bill
By Alan FramRepublicans want to pay for rate relief by killing a PPACA preventive care fund.
April 24, 2012
Doubleline's Gundlach Delivers Bleak Outlook on Nation's Debt: IMCA ConferencePunctuating his comments with quotes from Shakespeare, Doubleline Funds Jeffrey Gundlach offered sobering testimony Tuesday about the current debt and deficit crisis in the United States and abroad.
April 16, 2012
Citi Reports Record Revenue Led by International TransactionsThe bank said Monday that it made $2.9 billion in the first three months of the year, or 95 cents per share, which includes a $1.3 billion accounting charge that Citi took because the value of its debt increased.
April 12, 2012
Irish Seek to Keep Debt Off Balance SheetA move by the Irish government in March to buy Irish Life Assurance for 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) could jeopardize its attempt to keep 30 billion euros in debt off its balance sheet, after the deal changed the status of a special-purpose vehicle that owns the debt.
March 27, 2012
OECD Calls for Realistic Debt Targets, Higher Firewall in EUContinuing weakness in banks, rising debt levels and questionable ability to meet fiscal targets combine to create an atmosphere in need of fiscal reform.
March 26, 2012
Reconsidering Reverse MortgagesTimes were tough for Dorothy Ariail back in 1977 when she became a young widow with three children.
March 26, 2012
European StagnationWhen the financial system faces a major bankruptcy, one that is large enough to threaten its health, it often makes sense to buy time. Regulators, central bankers, multilateral lenders and governments.
March 26, 2012
Spain Could Relaunch Debt Crisis: MontiWhile Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy had praise for Spains efforts to relax its work regulations, he criticized its budget-cutting efforts, saying it hasnt paid enough attention to its public accounts.