Argentina Debt Swap Begins, Critics Balk
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Argentina on Friday launched its historic offer to restructure &#36;102.6 billion in defaulted debt but angry creditor groups began their own counter-offensive in a battle to win the support of undecided bondholders.
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The IMF has said it will negotiate with Argentina after  the country's debt swap, that was delayed until 17 January.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Argentina on Friday  launched its historic offer to restructure $102.6 billion in  defaulted debt but angry creditor groups began their own  counter-offensive in a battle to win the support of undecided  bondholders.
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In his debut as a World Cup starter, Lionel Messi did everything but give Argentina victory.
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G-7 approves debt relief, but British 'Marshall Plan' for poor countries faces US skepticism.
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Argentina's new President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attacked U.S. foreign policy on Thursday and said American claims that Venezuela smuggled $800,000 into Argentina to fund her election campaign were "garbage".
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Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner could risk losing the support of Argentinaâs lower classes if she does not move to stem rising inflation and prevent a looming energy crisis.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s bid to restructure Social Security and make tax cuts permanent competed with budget and trade deficit concerns during a two-day conference of economists and executives that began today.
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Argentina's Congress criticized the United States on Wednesday over an alleged cover-up involving a cash-stuffed suitcase that U.S. prosecutors say was bound for President Cristina Fernandez's campaign.
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A day before Thursday's Jakarta meeting of leaders on tsunami aid, debate is flying over whether offering affected countries debt relief is effective.
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A decade after Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay sealed a trade deal amid grandiose visions of transforming South America into a single economic bloc, officials representing the Mercosur nations are returning amid mounting criticism to the same colonial Brazilian town where the historic agreement was signed.
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The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it expects to resume formal loan talks with Argentina following the completion of the country&#39;s delayed debt exchange deal with private creditors.
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Rodrigo Rato visits Argentina next week in a key test for the IMF&#39;s new head as strains grow with the fund&#39;s third biggest borrower after the government made a risky gamble to halt its loan program.
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Argentina announced it had filed a proposal Monday before the US Securities and Exchange Commission to restructure US$81.8 billion (euro64 billion) in defaulted public debt.
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BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's first couple, a power pair often compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton, won't say whether it will be a his or hers candidacy in this year's presidential election.
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Finance ministers and central bank  chiefs from the world's 20 biggest economies voiced concern on  Saturday over sudden currency swings, venturing for the first  time into the territory of the more influential Group of Seven.
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The International Monetary Fund board on Friday agreed to a request by Argentina to reschedule $1 billion in loan repayments, IMF sources said on condition of anonymity.