TEXT-S&P raises Grey Forest, Texas gas revs to 'A-'

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its underlying rating (SPUR) on Grey Forest, Texas' gas utility system revenue bonds

Ahead of the Bell: Smurfit-Stone debt rating cut

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday lowered its debt rating of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

S&P: Downgrade of Kansas City Southern less likely

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Monday it is less likely to lower its ratings on Kansas City Southern

Harrah's Says $6 Billion in Old Notes Tendered to Exchange Offer

Casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Monday said about $6 billion in old notes were tendered to its $2.1 billion exchange

Their day in court

Every Wednesday at noon, debt collection lawyers take their seats behind a thick wooden table in a downtown Baltimore courtroom for a ritual they call the "rocket docket."

Beware of bogus debt relief

America's economic recession has unleashed a plague of schemes, scams and dubious sales tactics targeting people with financial woes.

A medical debt from 2001 leaves sick feeling

Q: I recently was contacted by a collections agency for an outstanding debt relating to hospital services from early 2001.

Transcend Announces Acquisition of Deventure Health Partners

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ: TRCR), the third largest provider of medical transcription services to the U.S. healthcare market,

Uniontown hikes taxes by 4.5 mills

Uniontown City Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a $7.9 million budget that raises property taxes by 4.5 mills to a total of 13.235 mills next year.

Thain Failure to Rescue Merrill Shareholders Messes Mr. Fixit

On John A. Thain’s first day running Merrill Lynch & Co. last year, he pledged to live up to his reputation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus column: Debt holders hold all the keys to the future

Six years after it opened, the fate of St. Louis' Renaissance Hotel is in the hands of the people who lent $98 million to get it built.

FORSYTH COUNTY: Water demand drops, but bills spurt upward

Forsyth County water customers are facing another major rate increase, in part because they did what they were told: they conserved.

Report details costly decisions, questionable spending at co-op

As former General Manager Bennie Fuelberg told it, the Pedernales Electric Cooperative managed its members' money

Loan program eases risk of snowballing debt

When Sharia Jenkins' car needed repairs to pass inspection, the mother of two young boys found herself in the debt trap of a payday lender -- again.

Saving an agency by shrinking it

An extreme makeover was salvation for a social services nonprofit that was spread too thin. Others face shortages.

Discover Wins Federal Reserve Approval to Become Bank (Update2)

Discover Financial Services, the fourth-largest credit-card network, won approval to become a bank holding company, joining American Express Co.

Cintas Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

Cintas Corporation (CTAS) F2Q09 Earnings Call December 19, 2008 8:30 am ET

Waco ISD trustees decide not to vote on whether to pull out of TIF

Waco Independent School District trustees decided Thursday night that they need more information about the Tax Increment Financing

Credit cards face crackdown

The Federal Reserve and other bank regulators are cracking down on "unfair or deceptive" credit card practices, including fees

Iowa must consider going into debt, Culver says

Iowa should consider going into debt, Gov. Chet Culver said today.

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