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Facing default, Venezuela signs debt deal with Russia

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How a New York court got to dictate terms to a entire country

The new Argentine debt crisis resurrects painful memories and fears of economic disaster

Are depression-era services now bankrupting recession-era states?

Government considers next moves for Fannie and Freddie

Students defaulting on many loans at for-profit colleges

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Argentines, after going through it themselves, can’t understand why America would voluntarily default

China and Japan join the international chorus complaining about US fiscal chaos

Why it’s a bad idea to gamble with the credit rating of the United States

California group helps immigrants move into traditional financial sector

Obama implements limited student loan forgiveness, other changes to payment plans

U.S. credit rating downgrade ‘inevitable’

The consequences if debt ceiling deal can’t be reached

Debt ceiling plan infuriates conservatives

China may own over $1.13 trillion of US debt

College students skirt rules to get credit cards

Helping homeowners stay out of foreclosure

Bank becomes rich by lending to poor

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Bailing out America

How the economy will recover

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The National Debt

Sen. Coburn Talks Deal to Avoid Higher Student Loan Interest Rates

Lending Circles: Helping Immigrants in America Build Credit

On the Brink of Insolvency: A Roadmap to Turning a City Around

How to Emerge from Default and Debt: Lessons from Cleveland

Tackling the Coming Debt Ceiling Crisis

The Debt Nightmare Returns

Michael Kirk on “Money, Power and Wall Street”

A Golden Future? Inflation Fear Underlies Global Rise in Gold

Greece Averts Immediate Default with Agreement

The Tendency to Overestimate What Others Will Pay

The Economic Forecast for 2012

As Berlusconi Agrees to Step Down, Italian Bond Yields Reach Record Highs

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European Debt Crisis Shakes World Markets

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Student Debt

EU Leaders Agree on Debt Deal

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Personal Debt Piles Up in Kenya

Trying to Pay Down France’s Debt

Big ideas to fix the economy: boost housing prices

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How Canada Lost and Regained its Top Credit Rating

France’s Credit Rating at Risk

Global impact of US credit downgrade

How the debt ceiling compromise will affect unemployment