Related reading: ATHENS, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated on Tuesday Washington’s steady and strong support to Greece’s efforts to address the debt crisis while visiting Athens as part of his last European tour. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) reviews a presidential honor guard during the official welcoming ceremony at the presidential…
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has arrived in Athens on the first leg of a visit that will also take him to Germany and Peru. During the visit, Obama is expected to focus his attention on Greeces debt, which at 177% of national output is the largest in Europe. The US and the International Monetary…
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Greece hopes that a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama that begins on Tuesday will increase pressure on its creditors to grant debt relief to an economy shattered by years of recession. The United States and the International Monetary Fund have urged a restructuring of Greece’s crippling…
MORE people across Widnes and Runcorn struggling with unmanageable debts are turning to Citizens Advice Halton after the charity helped more than 1,000 people with problems over the past year. The charity has revealed that it has helped 1,362 people with debt issues in the last 12 months. Of those, 62 people sought advice on…
Debt: $120,000+ Source: Student Loans Estimated Years Until Debt-free: Unknown I graduated from grad school in 2008, the year of the global financial crisis. Known for punctuality, Sallie Mae, congratulated me on my graduation and recent engagement with a letter informing me that my monthly payment of nearly $900 would be due just in time…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government intends to introduce an alternative provision for debtors to have a voluntary arrangement with the lenders to pay-up their debts prior to being declared bankrupt by the court. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pix) said this alternative provision, known as the Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)…
The US president, Barack Obama, has signalled he will use a critical two-day visit to Athens this week to step up calls for the country to be given meaningful debt relief. Weighing in on the potentially explosive issue of how best to revive the European Unions most financially strained member state, the outgoing president said…
ATHENS, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama urged a “meaningful debt relief” for Greece ahead of his visit to Athens on Nov. 15-16 as part of his European tour. “People need hope,” he stressed in an interview with local daily newspaper Sunday’s Kathimerini, underscoring also the need that Greece continues on the path…
US President Barack Obama urged a “meaningful debt relief” for Greece ahead of his visit to Athens on Nov. 15-16 as part of his European tour. “People need hope,” he stressed in an interview with local daily newspaper Sunday’s Kathimerini, underscoring also the need that Greece continues on the path of reforms to exit the…
Combating the dark cycle of debt that traps many low-income families, the United Methodist Church and the Texas Catholic Conference have joined together to lobby for regulations on car title loan companies and payday lenders in Texas. Its just unbelievable; I just shake my head, said Mark Love, outreach minister at Central Church of Christ…