Payment for ancient debts
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Comment is free: Johnjoe McFadden: Our resistance to an epidemic 3m years ago may have exposed us to the risk of HIV today.
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You might not want to set your credit record straight after all.
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Britain is prepared to write off a portion of debts owed by poor nations, and will challenge other rich countries to do the same, officials said Saturday.
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Near field or far, far away? Cash or plastic? From starting with seashells, gold coins, and rewarding soldiers with salt, payment systems have evolved to keep lowering the cost of making each transaction, and separating the real item of value from the point of the transaction.â¦
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A stone tablet from Mexico has revealed a 3,000-year-old writing system never before seen, according to a new study. But some archaeologists are crying fraud.
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Lynnae Brown knows debt: The 40-year-old market research tracker in New York owes more than $100,000 in student loans, plus $5,000 on her credit cards.
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Iraq cleared around $81 million in  debt it owed the International Monetary Fund late last week,  fund sources said on Monday, opening the way for the first aid  to flow from the global lender to Iraq.
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Don't worry about fair. Just pay as little as you can.
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Don't settle for an HDTV: Pay off a credit card.
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The patronage model is not a new  concept. In feudal Japan and Renaissance Europe, wealthy  benefactors underwrote works of art, music and philosophy to  benefit society and for their own gain.
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Check balances, transfer money and even pay bills on a handset.
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Also: Mysterious stone slab bears ancient writing. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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CHIROMO, Malawi  - Malawi is $2.9 billion in debt  but the cash that was borrowed hasn't done Simao Aloni or his  home village of Chiromo any good.
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Bill-paying is getting more and more convenient. But with that convenience comes the possibility of many complications and headaches.
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Cutting up old cards could damage your FICO score.
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Adelphia Communications Corp.  ADELQ.PK asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to order its founding  Rigas family to pay back $3.23 billion it says the family owes  the company, court papers show.
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An Indian gold coin which is nearly 1,900 years old and shows one of the earliest depictions of Buddha is to be sold at auction where it is expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds (&#36;27,000).