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GamFin offers financial counseling, including help with budgeting and paying down debt, to anyone from a family in which one member has a gambling addiction.
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
This year, Occidental has been selling off some of its assets in the Permian Basin to generate $950 million to pay down debt.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
If voters reject the proposals, however, taxes could go toward paying down current bonds faster.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
That advantage carries over to refinancing because 15-year borrowers pay down principal faster and, therefore, recoup their refinancing costs much sooner.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
This year, Occidental has been selling off some of its assets in the Permian Basin to generate $950 million to pay down debt.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
If voters reject the proposals, however, taxes could go toward paying down current bonds faster.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
That advantage carries over to refinancing because 15-year borrowers pay down principal faster and, therefore, recoup their refinancing costs much sooner.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20down. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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