Iceland foresees difficulty in redeeming samurai bond issue

Iceland foresees difficulty in redeeming samurai bond issue

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the suburbs of Reykjavik on Nov. 13. The president indicated that an Icelandic bank hit by the global financial crisis could find it difficult to redeem debt issues including a 50 billion yen samurai bond issue in Japan. (Kyodo)

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