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Greece closer to avoiding a messy default
Christopher Werth Jan 20, 2012
A deal might be drawing near to reducing Greece's debt, and hopefully avoid further crisis in the eurozone.
Down to the wire in Athens
David Brancaccio Jan 23, 2012
Greece has been furiously working to save maybe $126 billion on what it owes investors on its government bonds.
What the S&P downgrades mean for Europe
Stephen Beard Jan 16, 2012
Europe correspondent Stephen Beard discusses why the European markets remained pretty steady despite the credit downgrades of several European countries, and why we ought to worry about the Greek debt talks collapsing.
Cruise ship industry impacted by disaster
Jeremy Hobson Jan 16, 2012
What will the future hold for the cruise ship industry after a tragedy off the Italian coast?
S&P downgrades France and Austria from AAA rating
Stephen Beard Jan 16, 2012
Right after Wall Street closed on Friday, the ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries. France and Austria lost their prized AAA credit ratings.
ECB lending plan helping Europe so far
Stephen Beard Jan 13, 2012
In Italy, the government was easily able to borrow $4 billion to pay for spending over the next three years. And the head of the European Central Bank says it is evidence that the new European bailout is paying off.
Devalue, deflate, inflate or default
David Brancaccio Jan 13, 2012
France and Austria get credit ratings downgrades, and Greece weighs its dwindling options.
The mafia is Italy's biggest bank
Kai Ryssdal Jan 11, 2012
It's been making big gains during the European debt crisis.
Alcoa posts first quarterly loss since 2009
Stephen Beard Jan 10, 2012
One of the world's largest aluminum producers, Alcoa, announced its first quarterly loss since 2009, blaming problems on the European debt crisis.
As earnings season begins, fears of euro debt crisis
Juli Niemann Jan 10, 2012
Alcoa, a major aluminum producer, kicked off earnings season on a dull note. Will other American companies be affected by the ongoing problems in Europe?
