Word: creditor
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Shortly before his completed Bible was released, Gutenberg was forced to turn over his shop and at least some of his equipment to his creditor Fust, who carried on the work, alone at first and later with the assistance of his son-in-law Peter Schoffer. The monopoly they may have had on Gutenberg's methods did not last long. Presses adapted to print from movable type rapidly spread across Europe. By 1500 an estimated 30,000 titles had been published...
...different than taking a cash advance on your credit card," says Jean A. Fox of the Consumer Federation of America. "It's just more expensive." Anyone in a cash crunch would do better to seek a credit counselor, take out a long-term loan or make arrangements with a creditor to stretch out payments...
...Yale is a creditor in the bankruptcy because the Co-op owes the university money in back rent...
...UPSHOT] Too big a victory for the bankers. Hillary Clinton has attacked the legislation as unfair to women and children, and even Republican Henry Hyde said the House bill is too pro-creditor. The Senate may bring it up next year. The House bill had a veto-proof majority...
...unable to stop the currency manipulators? Speculators are changing the fundamentals of our economy in a period of three to six months. Left to true market forces, currency revaluations would take two to three years. Try to understand that we are fighting for our survival. The imf helps only creditor banks, not the countries it is supposed to be bailing out. ALAN WAN Kuala Lumpur