March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and the U.K. have moved “substantially” closer to losing their AAA credit ratings as the cost of servicing their debt rose, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
BEIRUT: Merrill Lynch maintained its recommendation on Lebanon’s external debt at “undeweight” in its model portfolio of emerging markets debt and kept Lebanon’s market weight at 2.1 percent in March 2010, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
One afternoon, Kirk Miller, a 26-year-old with an easy smile and a quick wit, sat at his coffee table trying to make sense of the medical debt he has accumulated in the last few years.