Argentina, 'vulture funds' still at odds over repayment

Argentina's toughest "holdout" creditors have not accepted its repayment offer despite intense marathon negotiations this week, a US mediator said Friday. Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator in the negotiations, said that although two of the six main hedge fund creditors had accepted the "landmark" $6.5 billion offer, the other four had yet to accept. "Intensive discussions between and among high-ranking Argentine government officials, principals of those four firms and me have continue