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21 Apr 2009 23:44

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U.S.: Massive debt leads to a family’s murder-suicide tragedy

  • $460,000 Amount Christopher Wood of Middletown, Md. owed on credit card debt and mortgages source

17 Apr 2009 10:03

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Biz: Citi is back to making profits, but is it sustainable?

  • $1.6 billion Citi’s profits this quarter after over a year of losses and getting bailed out three times by the federal government source

28 Mar 2009 14:08

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Politics, U.S.: The Republican who nearly joined Obama’s cabinet has beef

  • In the next five years, President Obama’s budget will double the national debt. In the next 10 years, it will triple the national debt.
  • Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH • On Barack Obama’s budget plan and how it will saddle future generations with heavy debt. He says Obama’s plans “represent an extraordinary move of our government to the left.” Gregg nearly became commerce secretary but backed off after finding the ideological differences to be too extreme. • source

28 Mar 2009 13:42

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Biz: Charter has a crapload of debt, guys. They filed for bankruptcy.

  • $21.7 billion amount of debt the cable company, part-owned by Paul Allen, had on the books as of late 2008 source

04 Mar 2009 10:08

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Biz: Video retailer Blockbuster should rent out its massive debt

  • $900 million in accounts payable to studios, vendors and other suppliers source

23 Feb 2009 20:31

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Biz, U.S.: In Florida, get your foreclosure faster than fast food

  • 30,000 houses in Lee County, Florida are about to get foreclosed on; it’s one of the hardest-hit areas in the country source

22 Feb 2009 23:02

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Biz, U.S.: Philadelphia Inquirer owner files for bankruptcy. Oof.

  • $390 million in debt, which they’re “restructuring” source