Lucas Papademos requests document on “consequences” of a Greek default as France and Germany insist there will be no €130bn bailout unless the country agrees harsh [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/debt-crisis-and-greek-debt-talks-as-it-happened-february-6-2012.html By Myles Neligan | Reuters – 

LONDON (Reuters) – Near-record catastrophe claims, the euro zone debt crisis and low interest rates are likely to result in mostly weaker 2011 profits [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/euro-debt-crisis-weighs-on-insurers-2011.html Nearly 100 U.S. housing markets are now regarded as “improving,” with home prices and other indicators coming back from post-crash lows, according to the National Association of Home Builders [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/housing-upturn-seen-in-100-cities.html

Current law requires projects worth Bt1 billion and up to [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/finance-ministry-to-ease-private-investment-in-infrastructure-nation.html (02-06) 11:15 PST ATHENS, Greece (AP) –

Greece’s coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/greek-coalition-partners-talks-postponed-for-a-day.html A Michigan judge ordered a review team appointed by the governor to study Detroit’s finances to stop meeting in private.

Ingham County Circuit Court Judge William Collette today [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/michigan-judge-orders-detroit-finance-study-team-to-stop-closed-meetings.html Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — R. Allen Stanford told his top brokers in late 2008 that his Antiguan bank “was sitting on $5.1 billion” more cash than it needed, while [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/stanford-claimed-5-1-billion-had-173-million-cash-cfo-said.html

By Saurabh Chaturvedi of Dow Jones Newswires

NEW DELHI – Power Finance Corp. plans to invest $42 billion by the end of March 2017 in India’s power sector, [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/power-finance-aims-to-invest-42-billion-in-india%e2%80%99s-electricity-sector.html

by Vijay Kumar

   February 06, 2012

Jammu, February 06 (Scoop News) –   Minister for Finance, Ladakh [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/finance-minister-concerned-over-burgeoning-power-losses.html It is one of the most convoluted arrangements in Washington for complying with campaign finance laws – and that is saying something.

On the Hill

Inside Congressional [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/congressional-committees-face-campaign-finance-contortions.html (CNN) –

Former Finnish Finance Minister Sauli Niinisto emerged victorious in the nation’s presidential election Sunday, according to preliminary results.

According to Finland’s Ministry of Justice, [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/former-finance-minister-wins.html

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Manappuram Finance Ltd (MNFL.NS), which provides loans using gold as collateral, is not allowed to accept or renew deposits from the public, the [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/manappuram-finance-cant-accept-deposits.html Finance Secretary Larrisa Larson reported yesterday a government budget surplus of $1.06 million in the first quarter of 2012-an improvement from the quarterly average deficit of $6.45 million [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/finance-1-06m-budget-surplus-in-three-months.html Members of the private equity industry paid tribute today to buyout veteran and philanthropist Nigel Doughty, who died on Saturday at his home in Lincolnshire.

[...]]]> http://debtguider.com/financial-news-buyout-industry-pays-tribute-to-nigel-doughty.html February 06, 2012, 8:39 AM EST

By Radoslav Tomek

(Updates with budget, forecast in fourth, fifth paragraphs.)

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Slovakia’s [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/slovak-finance-ministry-cuts-2012-growth-forecast-to-1-1.html

By Saurabh Chaturvedi of Dow Jones Newswires

NEW DELHI – Power Finance Corp. plans to invest $42 billion by the end of March 2017 in India’s power sector, [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/power-finance-aims-to-invest-42-billion-in-indias-electricity-sector.html Associated Press – 

BRUSSELS (AP) — Debt levels in bailed-out countries Greece, Portugal and Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of last year, but they fell for Italy [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/greece-debt-level-spikes-but-italys-dips.html

PARIS — Greece’s debt rose to 159.1 percent of its gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2011 from 138.8 percent a year earlier, according [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/data-show-greece%e2%80%99s-debt-ratio-growing-as-economy-shrinks.html By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 

BRUSSELS – Debt levels in bailed-out countries Greece, Portugal and Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of last year, [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/debt-level-spikes-in-greece-but-drops-in-italy-and-overall-eurozone-in-third-quarter.html

Editor’s note: This column is a continuation of the column that ran Feb. 2, “Young mother with old debt fears collectors.”

Dear Debt Adviser, Your article, [...]]]> http://debtguider.com/can-wages-be-garnished-for-old-debt.html