UAE finance ministry sets up public debt unit -agency (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – The United Emirates Ministry of Finance has set up a unit responsible for managing public debt, the official state news agency WAM reported on Monday.

EBDA at the Bookfair – Drop the Debt! « EBDA

“At the Gleneagles G8, 18 of the world’s poorest countries were forgiven $40 billion to clear their official state debt. In all of the let-downs, shouting matches and planned hatches of the various left-groups that opposed the G8, …

Debt Reduction Tips – Carnival of Debt Reduction

The Carnival of Debt Reduction brings you multiple tips on how to get out and stay out of debt, including low interest credit cards, balance transfers.

Gleaner Editors’ Forum – Come clean about debt burden, analysts urge Government (Jamaica Gleaner)

LOCAL FINANCIAL experts have agreed that there is an urgent need for the Government to come clean about the country’s indebtedness. While the official debt figure is $1.2 trillion, the financial experts, who spoke at a recent Gleaner Editors’ Forum, agreed the contingent liabilities need to be determined and added to the equation before any credible programme can be implemented to deal with the …

Financial Focus: Debt can negate savings account (The Record Searchlight)

Q: You hear a lot of financial advice about having three- to six-months in savings in a liquid account. For a person who has saved up that money but still has credit card debt, does it make more sense to pay off credit card debt or keep the money in savings?

Weighing the Options With Credit Card Debt (New York Times)

Many consumers are feeling the weight of credit card debt. Understanding strategies for dealing with it is important.