One thing is clear, this marriage between country and ball, this ongoing unsettled debt which runs both ways … Messi is not enjoying it at all.
This means owners may find themselves chased up for unsettled mortgage debt long after they think they are shot of it.
Of all the elaborate set-pieces that the show constructed, the very first episode, in which Justin Timberlake has his house, belongings and even his dogs repossessed to pay off an unsettled tax debt, was one of the most entertaining.
Comments by Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany's finance minister, and others about the possibility that Greece would have to restructure its debt unsettled financial markets.
The decision by Moody's to cut its ratings on Anglo Irish Bank's debt unsettled investors ahead of an announcement on the cost of the Irish bank bailout, expected on Thursday.
One debt remains unsettled: a $1,700 penalty that was triggered by the late payment in April.
There are financial reasons for this — tight lending requirements, high student debt, an unsettled job market — said Pat Simmons, director of strategic planning in Fannie Mae's economic research group.
Global investment banking fees totalled $15.5 billion in the third quarter, down 3.8percentt on the year before, according to data from Thomson Reuters and Freeman Consulting, as the euro zone debt crisis unsettled markets.
The runaway spending that provoked Greece's debt crisis and unsettled markets worldwide is a symptom of much deeper problems, including an uncompetitive economy, rampant tax evasion and a bloated civil service that invites corruption.
But buybacks eat up corporate cash, and when the debt markets are unsettled and the economy uncertain, many chief executives are wary of spending money if they do not have to do so.
