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LTCI Watch: Sam's Creditors
By Allison BellIf we're less productive than we'd hoped, where do the frail and disabled elderly stand in terms of priorities?
July 24, 2012
Spain edges toward rescue (Bloomberg)Spain's regions are looking for bailouts, which has pushed investors to charge the nation more to borrow for five years than for 10 years.
July 24, 2012
Moody’s Cuts Outlook on Germany, Luxembourg, NetherlandsGermany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg saw their outlooks downgraded to negative by Moodys Investors Service late Monday as debt woes in the eurozone continued to worsen.
July 17, 2012
MassMutual Scholars program Awards $150,000 in ScholarshipsMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, Mass., has awarded $150,000 in college scholarships this year.
July 17, 2012
MassMutual Scholars program Awards $150,000 in ScholarshipsMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, Mass., has awarded $150,000 in college scholarships this year.
July 16, 2012
Doomsayers Wrong on Last Year’s Debt DowngradeWarnings last August of an unprecedented financial crisis accompanied by fire and brimstone appear to have been wrong.
July 16, 2012
Downgrade anniversary showed investors gained buying U.S. (Bloomberg)Nearly a year later, mortgage rates have hit record lows, the governments borrowing costs have eased, the benchmark S&P stock index is up, and investor enthusiasm for Treasury debt has strengthened.
July 16, 2012
Greek Bank Head Took Secret Loans to Finance Bank StakeGreeces fiscal troubles seemed to grow deeper with the revelation that companies owned by Piraeus Banks chairman and his children took out secret loans from a rival bank to pay for Piraeus shares.