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  • The combination of strong data and aggressive Japanese policy moves helped investors shrug off recent worries about debt-riddled euro-zone countries, including a statement by ratings firm Moody's that it may downgrade Ireland's credit rating, as the country's financial stability is weakened by the cost of bank rescues, rising borrowing costs and likely low growth.

    European Stocks Snap 6-Day Losing Streak Andrea Tryphonides 2010

  • Of course, the received wisdom is that the U.K. is still better off than many debt-riddled Western states, because—all together now—It Has A Plan.

    U.K. Debt Plan Can't Cover All Its Sins David Cottle 2011

  • While short on specifics on how the IMF plans to deal with the most pressing global issues, Lagarde confirmed the fund's board is set to meet Friday to consider the disbursement of funds for debt-riddled Greece.

    Lagarde Says Global Economy on Rebound, Pledges More Diversity at IMF 2011

  • It was no secret that the debt-riddled AOL Time Warner was looking for money.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • It was no secret that the debt-riddled AOL Time Warner was looking for money.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • It was no secret that the debt-riddled AOL Time Warner was looking for money.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • European stocks rose Monday as market participants awaited any signals from the European Union that it will be putting together a rescue package for debt-riddled Greece.

    European Shares Rise Ahead of EU Meeting Andrea Tryphonides 2010

  • It was no secret that the debt-riddled AOL Time Warner was looking for money.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • While Jay may be a lesser-known Founding Father, he was fixated—you might even say obsessed—on preventing our fledgling little country from becoming a debt-riddled nation destined for oppression and tyranny.

    Broke Glenn Beck 2010

  • The film's about the wait staff of an upscale seafood restaurant who are forced by their debt-riddled owner into a competition to run up their customers 'bills, but that's just the mechanism by which the Lizards -- Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske -- deliver the funny.

    Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: The Fish vs. the Fist: Kevin Heffernan on Broken Lizard's The Slammin' Salmon 2009

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