While the world economy has come back from the edge of the abyss at which it stood early in the year, the O.E.C.D. said, efforts to repay debts by households, banks, companies "and, eventually, governments" will continue to limit economic growth.
The sales are part of the drilling company's efforts to repay money borrowed to cover enormous expected revenue shortfalls.
A stock offering of International Lease Finance would be the latest step in A.I.G.'s continuing efforts to repay its government bailout.
Japanese firms' decade-long efforts to repay debt provide a sobering lesson.
Mr. Benmosche, a former chief executive of MetLife, was hired to run A.I.G. last year to oversee its efforts to repay its $130 billion federal bailout.
Loan recipients sign a commitment letter promising to "exercise my best efforts" to repay the debt "within a reasonable time after I am financially able to do so".
The lender has sought to go public, but struggled with what it said were unfavorable market conditions, delaying its efforts to repay the government.
The story, as it is, concerns the pair's efforts to repay an extortionist (Robert Loggia) a billion dollars they have squandered on a bad movie.
Debtors must demonstrate that repaying the loan "would impose an undue hardship on the debtor," showing that they cannot maintain a minimal living standard, that their dismal state of affairs is likely to continue and that they have made a good-faith effort to repay.
Mr. Labrador's proposal would not have allowed any government funds to be used to assist the immigrants, although he would have permitted them to continue on the path to legal status if they at least made a good-faith effort to repay their hospital bills.
The stock offering of International Lease Finance would be the latest step in A.I.G.'s effort to repay that bailout.
