Not exact matches
DAKAR, April 24 - Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary
of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high
debts that have weighed
on the mine for
more than 10 years.
The miner, under the leadership
of Executive Chairman John Thornton, has focused for the past three years
on reducing
debt by
more than 50 percent from the
more than $ 13 billion it hit at the end
of 2014 due to overpriced acquisitions and mine development, including Pascua - Lama.
Meanwhile, as the government takes
on more debt to fund its daily operations, the cost to service that
debt will take up a larger chunk
of government spending as well.
Interest
on the
debt, at 9 %
of annual budget spending, is now nearly half
of what the province spends
on each year
on education and
more than one - fifth
of what's spent
on healthcare.
This buying and reselling
of debt is partly what got the banks into trouble during the recession, which is one reason regulators now force financial institutions to keep
more capital
on their balance sheets.
Household
debt is high, but Bank
of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is
more focused
on sluggish growth
It held
more than $ 11 billion in long - term
debt on its balance sheet by the end
of 2017.
But a poll conducted by Abacus Data
on behalf
of Maclean's for the Canada Project shows the country's citizens are getting
more and
more comfortable carrying large amounts
of debt — with
more of that money coming from family and friends.
One
of my constant points
on this blog for the last several years has been that households» refinancing
of their mortgage
debt at lower and lower rates has put
more money in their pockets for spending and for paying down
debt.
Thomson Reuters would receive
more than US$ 17bn for the deal, including about US$ 4bn in cash from Blackstone and about US$ 13bn financed by new
debt taken
on by the new F&R partnership, two
of the sources said.
The troubled drugmaker filed its 2015 financial report in late April, allaying concerns about a possible default
on its
debt of more than $ 30 billion.
Failure to agree
on debt relief to Greece would not only make Greece's return to the markets
more abrupt but also compromise the credibility
of providing financial assistance to European countries.
While $ 1.3 trillion won't do much to change the outlook for inflation or future
debt crises, it sure would give a lot
of households one last chance to set things
on a
more positive course.
Taking
on more bank
debt wasn't an option either, as bankers would have balked at the amount
of debt already
on Medport's balance sheet.
While it seems counter intuitive, McQuay suggests a strategy
of taking
on more credit with a new credit card — which could help you to pay down the
debt you have now.
D'Alessandro counters that such poor international performance is
more likely because
of a lack
of leadership, a problem extending back to the less - developed - country
debt crisis
of the late 1970s, when many developing countries defaulted
on their bank loans.
If consumers are tapped out or wary
of taking
on more debt, then bank credit can be expanded to the moon and households will not borrow
more money.
To grow, King says, «you have to take
on more risk, like taking
on more debt or using
more of your own money.
There's no new theme to it, just
more riffs
on the old one
of a self - reinforcing spiral
of slower growth in China crushing the economies
of its raw material suppliers, while an appreciating dollar makes it ever harder for emerging market companies and governments to repay the
debts they gleefully took
on when the Federal Reserve was giving away dollars for free.
Pioneer has also pledged to retain
more of its free cash flow, rather than spending it all and then some
on capital expenditures and incurring
debt that could sap future profits, as has been common in the industry.
A 2012 study
of debt - payoff strategies from Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management found that consumers paying off small balances first were
more likely to have eliminated their entire
debt than those focusing
on other strategies.
Despite lower pay, women handle credit
more responsibly than men,
on average, according to Experian, which reports that men have a 7 percent higher incidence
of late mortgage payments and 4.3 percent
more debt than women.
The negative consequences
of pushing
more debt on households is also obvious:
more loans become uncollectible and go into default, creating
more loan losses for banks.
While most
of the world would simply buy a larger house, a nicer car and better wardrobe, I've been sinking this cash into several other
more productive avenues, including
more real estate investments, paying off
debt and going
on some relaxing vacations.
Failure to agree
on debt relief for Greece would not only make Greece's return to the markets
more abrupt but could also compromise the credibility
of providing financial assistance to European countries.
What's
more, once hedge funds start to layer
on debt of concentrated loans, the problems worsened.
RIM,
on the other hand, has no
debt, and sits
on more than $ 2 billion
of cash.
The
debt crisis will change the focus to the probable solution: A future
of far higher taxes and a government
on autopilot to absorb
more and
more of the private sector.
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Some
of the larger banks put a lot
of selling pressure
on their clients during the downturn, and there will be some backlash against them as things recover and
debt becomes
more available.
(See Making Student
Debt Less Sticky) While the very uniqueness
of each loan and each employee's situation makes it inefficient and uneconomical for any one business to take
on the problem, in the aggregate this problem is a large source
of growing concern for
more than 40 million student and parent debtors (as well as their employers).
More than 40 percent
of African - American families have student
debt, generally taking
on around $ 10,295, according to a 2013 study by the Urban Institute.
With such an enormous valuation gap and such a massive amount
of cash
on the balance sheet, we find it difficult to imagine why the board would not move
more aggressively to buy back stock by immediately announcing a $ 150 Billion tender offer (financed with
debt or a mix
of debt and cash
on the balance sheet).
DAKAR, April 24 (Reuters)- Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary
of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high
debts that have weighed
on the mine for
more than 10 years.
For them, your monthly
debt obligations mapped against your monthly income is a good indicator
of how comfortably you can take
on more debt.
Earlier this week rating agency Standard and Poor's changed its U.S. long - term
debt outlook to «stable» from «negative,» despite the concrete prospect
of more showdowns
on fiscal policy.
April 12 - Commodity trader Noble Group Ltd said
on Thursday that
more than 75 percent
of creditors holding the majority
of its senior
debt have accepted its $ 3.4 billion restructuring plan.
Governor Snyder has said that the bankruptcy filing will allow the city to spend
more money
on public services because less
of its money will be hurdled toward paying interest
on debt.
But analysts say
more still needs to be done
on structural reforms to rein in ballooning corporate
debt, which has reached levels that the IMF and others have warned sharply raises the risks
of a financial crisis.
For the past seven years, growth has serially disappointed - sometimes spectacularly, as in the depths
of the global financial and euro crises;
more often than not grindingly as past
debts weigh
on activity
What's
more, if a customer skipped out
on its bills, 50 %
of the bad
debt was charged against the agent's commissions.
Air Canada had
more than $ 2 billion
of cash
on hand and reduced its adjusted net
debt by $ 295 million to $ 4.3 billion.
More than a quarter, or 26 %, of stressed households said they were more likely to default on credit - card d
More than a quarter, or 26 %,
of stressed households said they were
more likely to default on credit - card d
more likely to default
on credit - card
debt.
«A 35 - year or longer mortgage encourages people to take
on more debt than they can really afford,» says Debbie Klein, a manager with Credit Counselling Services
of Alberta Ltd..
But unlike the 2011 rout, sparked by the eurozone
debt crisis, the sudden collapse
of global equities markets that began last week is all about China — which makes it all the
more unnerving since few have a good grasp
on how the world's most important emerging economy actually works.
In addition, lower - and middle - income groups are relying
more and
more on their credit cards, with these groups reporting a higher use
of credit - card
debt.
Speaking in Montreal
on Thursday, central bank governor Stephen Poloz called household
debt a major risk to the Canadian economy, suggesting the fear
of stoking
more borrowing as one reason he has not been even
more dovish
on interest rate policy.
Though credit agencies have made recent changes to the way they factor medical
debt into a credit score,
more than half
of all the
debt that appears
on credit reports in the United States stems from medical expenses.
But once you start earning
more, it can be difficult to divert your extra income to your
debt instead
of putting it towards a bigger apartment, going to out eat, new clothes and so
on.
Second, the average time to maturity
on U.S.
debt is six years, meaning that most
of the low - yielding bonds now
on the books will be exchanged for
more expensive
debt over the next decade.