61.   But they also know that Brazil must increase its exports, if it is to achieve faster growth and reassure investors that its foreign debt is manageable.

62.   Canonero said Argentine debt is one of the best buys.

63.   Cash is limited, debt is unavailable and the stock price is depressed and thus not valuable as acquisition currency.

64.   California debt was particularly hard hit.

65.   Cellucci emphasizes that he has never missed a payment, that the debt is the result of raising his two daughters.

66.   Collecting debt may be easier now because the careful screening and scoring of people applying for credit means that bill payers are more likely to be reliable.

67.   Colombia, Uruguay and Chile are the only Latin American countries whose sovereign debt is rated investment grade.

68.   Companies with junk ratings pay more to borrow and their debt is off-limits for many investors such as banks, which can only own so-called investment-grade debt.

69.   Con Ed likely could get reasonable terms, because its debt is low and its balance sheet strong, Schoen-blum and industry analysts concurred.

70.   Consumer debt is at a record high, eating into household income, and borrowing to finance purchases has tapered off.