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The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.

The euro and growth-linked currencies fell Monday as investors unwound risky trades amid growing worries about eurozone's debt problems, dismissing assurances from European finance ministers at the weekend.

How a Virginia family got permission to get out-of-network treatment for one son's heart defect, and still ended up drowning in debt.

Increase is much larger than previously planned, but is necessary to avoid defaulting on debts next year, House majority leader says.

Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society - an abundance of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan debt, heading into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much anymore.

Two large Philadelphia daily newspapers hope to emerge from bankruptcy debt-free by paying creditors $37 million in cash plus real estate to settle nearly $400 million in debt.

Philadelphia Newspapers filed its reorganization plan Thursday, six months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The plan gives creditors the iconic downtown building that houses The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.

An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts, in the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this week.

Also: What to do when credit limits suddenly drop, and whether IRAs offer protection from legal claims.

Dear Liz: My question is whether I should file for bankruptcy or try to settle my debts.

Soaring unemployment and a shrinking economy drove delinquencies on credit card debt to an all-time high in the first quarter.

Michael Jackson’s business life, like his public life, was a perplexing mass of contradictions, and his personal finances, at least in recent years, were perpetually in tatters.