Debt

• BRUSSELS (AP) -- The agency that oversees financial derivatives says a massive debt relief deal for Greece constitutes a so-called credit event, meaning it will trigger payouts on bond insurance.
(Yahoo Finance)
• 'I Don't mean to be flip with this,'' said Mitt Romney during a q-and-a with students at the University of Chicago last week. "But I don't see how a young American can vote for a Democrat.
(Boston Globe)
• This post originally appeared on CNBC. Your father passed away, naming you as the sole heir to his estate. Unfortunately, that estate includes $30,000 in credit-card bills and a house with negative equity.
(The Business Insider)
• When times are good, private sector debt signals that consumers and businesses are taking risks, buying goods and services, and investing in ways that fuel economic growth.
(Wall Street Journal)
• After graduating from the University of Notre Dame with $172,000 in college loan debt, a young suburban woman sought help from financial planner Joseph Orsolini.
(Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
• European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the region will toughen debt-crisis defenses to guard against future risks.
(Businessweek)
• TOKYO—Foreign ownership of Japanese government debt rose to 8.5% at the end of December, from 6.
(Wall Street Journal)
• Denmark's central bank is stepping up its focus on the country's record private debt load to ensure households don't suffer losses when interest rates start to rise, Governor Nils Bernstein said.
(Bloomberg)
• Yell Group Plc (YELL), publisher of the U.K.'s Yellow Pages, will appoint a banking adviser to help restructure billions of pounds in debt, the Sunday Telegraph said, citing people it didn't identify. The Berkshire, U.K.
(Bloomberg)
• LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - Italy is likely to draw decent demand for its bonds when it seeks to raise up to 7.
(Reuters)