Fortress dodged a major setback when it managed to refinance IntraWest, the big Canadian ski resort.
Low rates have been around for so long that those with debts have already managed to refinance them.
Costs would fall for taxpayer if EDF managed to refinance its package in the future, so sharing the gain.
It managed to refinance $2.5 billion in expiring debt in 2008 and 2009, and raised about $1 billion in equity despite the credit crisis.
He said the markets could settle down once Greece manages to refinance €8.5 billion, or $11.2 billion, in bonds that mature in May.
The purchase of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in 2008, for example, saddled Tata Motors with a prestigious brand, prodigious losses and a $3 billion loan, the last $1 billion of which it managed to refinance on May 27th, days before it fell due.
Working with a local lender, Third Federal Savings and Loan, the Sweets managed to refinance the loan at a fixed rate of 7.2percentt, and the original $1,055 monthly payment now covers the property taxes the Sweets couldn't afford before.
We don't know Bernanke's credit score, but most of those who managed to successfully refinance their FHA mortgage loans as recently as August had a lofty score of 675, according to a mortgage tracking report from Ellie Mae.
For years, Toys R Us managed to keep refinancing its Chutes and Ladders tangle of debt obligations, though it had to skimp in other areas, such as investing in its stores and its online operations.
Through it all, the company managed to continue refinancing and extending various tranches of the over $5 billion debtload that it took on to back the 2005 LBO.
"But if I can manage to get the homeowner a little extra time before the foreclosure sale, he might be able to refinance or sell the house on his own".
