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The U. S. defaulting on its debt is like an elephant jumping into a backyard swimming pool.

That gives the government just a few more weeks to reach a deal or face defaulting on its loans.

The private-equity firm has since struggled with its investment and needs to raise funds to avoid defaulting on a bank loan backed by EMI.

He warns that at least half a dozen developers are in serious danger of defaulting on their bonds.

The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this was necessary to prevent the US from defaulting on its obligations.

If Congress does not act to increase the debt ceiling by early August, the US faces the theoretical prospect of defaulting on its debt.

When one's back is against the financial wall, people have been defaulting on their mortgages and letting the home default to the lender.

Locals swap stories of cunning borrowers who buy second homes for a song before deliberately defaulting on their first mortgages.

She went on to denounce speculation by the markets on Greece's defaulting on its debts.

In exchange for that reduction in interest, they would decrease the amount of the debt that they can escape by defaulting on their mortgage.

Investors reduce their demand for bonds as they become increasingly concerned about the possibility of borrowers defaulting on their debt.

She racked up more than $70, 000 in debt on a dozen cards before defaulting on her monthly payments.

The bond issue was evidence of optimism in the markets that the Greek government will avoid defaulting on its debt repayments.

Since defaulting on a third of its foreign debt in December 2008, it has scoured the world for cash, without much success.

Speaking at a public meeting in Maryland on Friday, Obama said defaulting on its debt was not an option.

Defaulting on paying wages has been written into the draft amendment as a crime to protect employees' rights to get their pay.

India's economic liberalization was kicked off by a financial crisis in 1991, when the nation was on the verge of defaulting on its debt.

The Department of Education reported that most students at many of these universities were defaulting on their loans.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is again at risk of defaulting on its payments for Russian gas.

At the time, Mr. Jackson was in danger of defaulting on a $270 million loan held by hedge fund Fortress Investment Group LLC.

It was on the verge of defaulting on its international debt.

Otherwise, he will risk the country defaulting on its financial obligations with disastrous consequences for the economy.

So defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate.

It also needs to limit the fiscal burden on its children even if this entails defaulting on its debt.

To avoid defaulting on U. S. government debt, the Treasury would probably make a $29 billion interest payment to bondholders on Aug.

A default on the latter assets would mean that the Greek government was defaulting on itself.

The markets are growing more alarmed about the risk of Greece defaulting on its mountainous debt.

Once-stalwart companies began defaulting on loans and many went out of business entirely.

This happy situation will enable us to avoid defaulting on our enormous public debt for the foreseeable future.

Soon developers were defaulting on their loans and declaring bankruptcy.

This house of cards came down when subprime borrowers began defaulting on their mortgages.

Mexico needed $1 billion to avoid defaulting on loans to New York banks.

They are scrambling for cash to avoid defaulting on bank loans.

It needs a multi-billion-dollar loan from its euro neighbors in order to avoid defaulting on that debt.

A big increase in social spending, paid for at first by a high oil price and then by defaulting on debt, brought Mr Correa popular acclaim.

Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already had to borrow money from their euro neighbors in order to avoid defaulting on their debts.

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