During the holidays, spending on gifts, travel and more can run up your credit card debt. With January right around the corner, those bills are coming due sooner rather than later. The holidays show how Americans are once again relying more on their credit cards. The average household has $16,061 in credit card debt, just…
Athens’ decision to pay out bonuses to pensioners prompted Eurozone members to freeze short-term debt relief to Greece. Poverty-stricken pensioners jumped at the hand-out, waiting in long lines to cash their checks. The finance ministers, known collectively as the Eurogroup, issued a statement on Saturday saying that Greece’s creditors had agreed to continue talks. This happened…
[embedded content] Sins of spending past have a sneaky way of coming back to haunt you. And with over Australians facing an $32bn post-Christmas credit card bill there may be a lot of debt ghosts reappearing after the holiday spending splurge. The whopping $32.3bn billion credit card bill (and growing) – on top of AUD…
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Citizens Advice predicted that thousands finding themselves in financial difficulty would seek out its help within the first two months of next year Advice: Kathy McKenna Up to 3,000 people are expected to be in financial difficulty after Christmas, it has been warned. Citizens Advice predicted that thousands finding themselves in financial difficulty would seek…
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will assist the Ministry of Finance in formulating and implementing a debt management strategy, which will contribute to fiscal sustainability while minimising funding costs and keeping the debt exposure under control, Dawn learned on Wednesday. To help the ministry build capacity in the entities responsible for different debt management functions, the…
Chicago bankruptcy and foreclosure attorney Gregory K. Stern, P.C., announced the launch of its Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and foreclosure legal services. The firm helps individuals protect assets and restructure debt through effective debt relief legal services in Chicago while offering alternatives to the process CHICAGO, IL / ACCESSWIRE / December 20, 2016 / The…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) An Albuquerque Charter School is being forced to close its doors, after racking up hundreds of thousands in debt. But in a last ditch effort, school staff is now asking the community to help bail them out. I started this school in June 2006, said Justina Montoya. Principal Justina Montoya has been at…
Chicago bankruptcy and foreclosure attorney Gregory K. Stern, P.C., announced the launch of its Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and foreclosure legal services. The firm helps individuals protect assets and restructure debt through effective debt relief legal services in Chicago while offering alternatives to the process CHICAGO, IL / ACCESSWIRE / December 20, 2016 / The…
China Construction Bank Corporation (0939) proposed yesterday to spend 12 billion yuan (HK$13.4 billion) to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, CCB Asset Management Co, that will take charge of converting debts into shares. “CCB AMC is proposed to specialize in market-driven debt-to-equity swap business and will mainly operate and conduct financial business, such as acquisition of…