BY SHANE ROMIG AND CHAD BRAY
A U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of Argentina's holdout creditors in their bid to be paid in full on long-defaulted bonds.
That sets the stage for a Supreme Court showdown and increases the odds that Argentina will default for the second time in just over a decade.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Friday that if Argentina keeps up its payments to creditors who accepted a discounted restructuring offer, then it also must pay a group of holdout bondholders 100% of the roughly $1.33 billion they are owed in principal and accrued interest. However, ...