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The irony is that Greece is in a position similar to that of Germany in the early 1930s, where cutting costs makes the debt load heavier.

The measure gives an idea to the leverage of the company along with the potential risks the company faces in terms of its debt-load.

Ford has said the debt load now puts it at a disadvantage against GM and Chrysler, which had their obligations cut in bankruptcy.

SAY this about all the bickering over the federal debt ceiling: at least people are talking openly about our nation's growing debt load.

One would think that austerity would be a good thing for a nation with a crushing debt load that's 120% of its GDP like it is in Italy.

to work down the crushing debt load, the country's technocrats are adopting strategies that will cripple growth for a decade, maybe longer.

THL began talking to the banks and bondholders about how to lighten Simmons's debt load, and put the company up for sale.

It had a central bank, and favored printing money to reduce the real value of its debt load.

China boosters retort that the official debt load is small and that hidden liabilities are more imaginary than real.

Mr Nyheim says the attractions of the IPO for investors include the fact that GM has now reduced its debt load and is profitable.

But both warned that a downgrade could occur if the U. S. failed to rein-in growth of its debt load, now $14. 3 trillion.

Humes suggests a restructuring of Greece's debt where investors take a loss and Greece's debt load falls, could calm the markets.

But one has deferred payments on his loan and another is planning to enroll in medical school, likely increasing her debt load.

Standard &Poor's still has a negative rating because revenue and cash flow have been lower than expected, and the large debt load looms.

Declaring bankruptcy will trim American's debt load and allow it to break its union contracts, so that it can slim down and cut costs.

Besides the current-account surplus, the main pillars of support for Japan's debt load are its cash-rich households and firms.

The deal saddled Liverpool with a huge debt load that has strained the team's finances.

The estate is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, but comes with a debt load estimated at $435 million.

Amid international worry over Dubai's debt load, property investors are giving this city-state a second look.

New Chinese government figures show its national debt load remains low and manageable compared with other major economies.

Kouri admits to being a frugal guy, but at such rock-bottom rates, he's perfectly comfortable with the manageable debt load.

But rebuilding efforts are likely going to be painful given the government's already-high debt load.

Yes, the federal debt load is a $14. 5 trillion beast, a level that can't be sustained over the long term.

In Spain the problem isn't the current debt load but where it's heading: Spain is saddled with a huge, 9. 2% budget deficit.

S&P cited concerns about the nation's growing debt load and uncertainty about Congress' willingness to rein in borrowing.

Despite recent frugality, consumers have barely dented their debt load.

But the prospect of more job losses and the soaring U. S. debt load caused stocks to essentially finish flat by Friday.

Trimming the debt load will invariably cause a pullback in U. S. consumer demand, the world's major growth engine.

This debt load handcuffs their capabilities.

However, reports in the past two weeks about the true debt load of local governments have exposed the inherent risk in this bet.

Traders have lately balked at buying oil above $80 a barrel on concerns about Greece's debt load or the strength of China's growth.

The cash reserve of tycoon of science and technology reaches billions of dollar at every turn, and do not have debt load almost.

The big health-care related structural deficits that balloon the debt load are 10 to 20 years out.

Mr. Volynets also touched on Rusal's efforts to pare down its $12. 9 billion debt load.

Italy's current debt load is around 1. 8 trillion euros, making it the fourth-highest public debtor in the world.

From 1945 to 1955, the authors estimate that repression reduced America's debt load by 50 percentage points, from 116% to 66% of GDP.

The median student debt load for those who graduated from 2006 to 2010 is $20, 000.