Tag Archives: liberia


Thurman Helps Hedge-Fund Manager’s Daughter Raise Money in N.Y.

June 11, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – At 17, Eugenie Iseman says she’s too young to attend college, but is old enough to enlist Uma Thurman to help the poor in Liberia. It doesn’t hurt that she has the backing of her father and hedge-fund […]

Liberia buys back $1.2bn in debt

April 17, 2009 : Permalink

Moneybiz – Liberia has bought back $1.2-billion in government debt at a steep discount, the World Bank, which helped finance the buyback, said on Thursday. The impoverished African country has "significantly reduced its foreign debt" at a discount of nearly […]