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Tag Archives: Greece
Greek strikers march on parliament against cuts
ATHENS, May 20 (Reuters) – Thousands of striking Greeks marched on parliament on Thursday, in a test of the government’s resolve to implement tough austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF to drag Greece out of its debt crisis. The strength of the march will indicate whether anger against the government’s wage cuts, tax [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: EU, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, IMF, Reuters
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Brazil Stocks Decline Early Tracking Worries Abroad
By Gerald Jeffris: Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BRASILIA (Dow Jones)– Brazil’s Bovespa stock index extended recent declines in early trading Friday as the local market followed trends abroad spurred by continued concerns over fallout from fiscal woes in Europe. As of 1345 GMT, the main Sao Paulo stocks index declined 1.8% to 63,569 points after [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Euro Zone, Solid Principles, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Bovespa, Brazil, Euro Zone, European Markets, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, Greek Debt, Sao Paulo Stock Exchange
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Five Greek Myths, 2010 Version
By David Wessel Economist Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland is enjoying more celebrity than usually accrues to scholarly geeks thanks to a well-timed book, “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” co-authored with Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff. In an op ed essay in Sunday’s Washington Post, Carmen Reinhart and her husband, Vincent, [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Euro, Euro Zone, Federal Reserve, Fiscal Discipline, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, Kenneth Rogoff, WSJ
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U.S. Stock Futures Claw Back Gains After Tumult
By STEVE GOLDSTEIN U.S. stock futures rose Friday after one of the most tumultuous sessions in history, ahead of key nonfarm payrolls data, as investors eyed Greece developments and the outcome of tight U.K. elections—and braced for further volatility. Over three hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 37 points. [...]
Posted in Business, Greece, Solid Principles, U.S. Stock Market, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: China, Greece, Japan, Marketwatch, Wall Street, WSJ
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Crisis Deepens; Chaos Grips Greece
ATHENS—Greece’s fiscal crisis took a new turn to violence Wednesday when three people died in a firebomb attack amid a paralyzing national strike, while governments from Spain to the U.S. took steps to prevent the widening financial damage from hitting their own economies. U.S. Treasury officials have been quietly urging their European and International Monetary [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Foreign Policy, Greece, IMF, Solid Principles, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, IMF, Russia, Spain, WSJ
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Rioters clash with police at Athens rally as anger mounts over expected harsh austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of youths rioted in Athens on Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against austerity measures being enacted by the cash-strapped government to secure foreign loans to stave off bankruptcy. Police made at least nine arrests, including six people [...]
Greece Agrees to New Austerity Moves
ATHENS—Greece has agreed with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to take additional austerity measures expected to yield “around €23 billion” ($30 billion) as a precondition for financial assistance, a Greek official familiar with the talks on aid said. “We have basically agreed, and as it stands now announcements will come during the [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Greece, Solid Principles, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: EU, European Central Bank, European Commission, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, IMF
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Greek Bonds Still Under Pressure
By: KATIE MARTIN LONDON—Greek bonds buckled Wednesday as investors flocked to safe havens amid mounting fears that other euro-zone countries could suffer a fate similar to Greece. Markets were already under pressure after Standard & Poor’s Corp. downgraded the debt of both Portugal and Greece. That double-whammy took Greece down to junk status and reinvigorates [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Euro Zone, Overseas Markets, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Euro Zone, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, WSJ
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