Eurozone finance ministers have cleared the way for Greece to receive a $17-billion installment by July 15, which is part of the $156-billion bailout for the debt-ridden country secured last year from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. ❋ Unknown (2011)
So we need to ask ourselves what more we need to do, Mr. Cameron said, adding that the short-term answers were to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility 'firewall' to stop contagion, recapitalize the banks, and deliver a sustainable solution for debt-ridden Greece. ❋ Paul Hannon (2012)
The change of governments in Greece and Italy does not seem to have been enough, given the enormity of challenges that lie ahead for the debt-ridden euro-zone countries. ❋ Anusha Shrivastava (2011)
TOLEDO, Ohio -- A debt-ridden man distraught over marital problems and deep in debt told one of his farmhands the night before he released a menagerie of African lions, Bengal tigers and other exotic animals that he had a plan and said to the caretaker: "You will know when it happens." ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)
BRUSSELS—An initial agreement on a new bailout loan for debt-ridden Greece could be reached as early as this week, and then discussed at a special summit of euro-zone leaders next month, officials from the euro zone and International Monetary Fund said Monday. ❋ Costas Paris (2012)
Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told reporters that countries that hold substantial reserves may assist in bailing out the euro zone's debt-ridden states on certain conditions. ❋ Reuters (2011)
Personally I believe that a good deal of our economic activity is immoral, going to feed a beast of debt-ridden consumerism, which I think unsustainable and in dire need of change. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Even though the summit did deliver the expected results, additional action from the European Central Bank remains elusive," Berenberg senior economist Christian Schulz said, referring to the ECB's refusal to finance debt-ridden European governments. ❋ Margit Feher (2011)
Beijing launched the nation's first aircraft carrier, a milestone in the relationship between an ascendant China, bent on reclaiming its historical role as a global power, and a debt-ridden U.S., trying to hang on to the military supremacy it has wielded in Asia since 1945. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Given how strongly Brussels has pressured debt-ridden national governments to cut their own spending, the annual tug-of-war has become particularly fierce this fall. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Its launch is thus seen as a milestone in relations between an ascendant China, bent on reclaiming its historical role as a global power, and a debt-ridden U.S. that wants to retain the military supremacy it has wielded in Asia since 1945. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
Most important, when efforts to manage national and state debts provoked popular resistance, when a Revolutionary War officer named Daniel Shays led some 1,100 debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers to stop the seizure of their property for payment of debts and taxes, Congress was simply unable to take effective action. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)
This just a day after reports said that India's aviation regulator could be on the verge of canceling Kingfisher's license to fly because of fears that the financial problems at the debt-ridden airline may affect its safety standards. ❋ Nupur Acharya (2012)
But the euro reversed its losses after leaders agreed to increase the size of the European Financial Stability Fund, the bailout fund for debt-ridden euro-zone nations, to €440 billion $639 billion from about €250 billion. ❋ Javier David (2011)
In-World War is described by the filmmakers as "a smart and offbeat indie sci-fi feature, [which] tells the futuristic story of a debt-ridden and depressed beta tester trapped in a buggy virtual reality simulation of the 'war on terror'." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Obama's involvement in the defense review and his decision to personally announce it at the Pentagon underscore that he is not just a commander in chief coping with a slimmer military in debt-ridden times. ❋ Unknown (2012)
