But others never get repaid for their financial loss, much less the time and aggravation of renovation disaster.
Tunesia Shearin, 35, the mother of three of Mr. Lewis's children and a resident of Staten Island, said she had heard that Mr. Lewis was trying to get repaid for a loan on Saturday night.
A. First, Priceline's model has to collect demand and then move it to one supplier or another to get repaid for the discounts they have gotten for consumers.
My question is: Can I take the rent-controlled tenants to small claims court to get repaid for the money it costs me to subsidize the rents for their apartments?... John Casey, Manhattan.
But after more than three years of waiting, U.S. depositors have learned not to hold their breath waiting to get repaid for low bank rates.
First, if Greece continues with a "voluntary" deal that allows 30% or more of bondholders to reject the exchange, then holdouts can get repaid in full for bonds they bought at a huge discount.
The current course of austerity, and bailouts aimed at ensuring that the European Central Bank and IMF get repaid, make it harder for the Greek economy to grow, and have pernicious political consequences, convincing many Greek citizens that their government either can't or won't help them.
"A headlong rush for the exits only perpetrated the very event everyone was trying to avoid, which was a wholesale liquidity crisis in which you won't get repaid," said Robert E. Fallon, Asia-Pacific division manager for Chase Manhattan.
But bankruptcy would fight fire with gasoline, spreading instability to the bond markets, scaring off investors who might think they would never get repaid, and making it much harder and more expensive for states to raise desperately needed capital.
Normally, as the day of repayment for a Treasury bill gets closer, the chances of getting repaid go up and the bill becomes worth more to investors.
