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European bond, debt issues wear on
Dec 29, 2011
In Greece, tax collectors are on strike to protest benefit cuts while in Italy, the government was able to borrow $9 billion to help pay for services, but banks willing to lend also demanded a high return.
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2011 in review: Europe's debt crisis
Dec 29, 2011
The continent has had a dramatic year. The debt crisis seems to be in check right now, but there’s no telling what might happen next year.
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As euro turns 10, a look back at its history
Dec 28, 2011
It'll be the euro's 10th anniversary come New Year's Day. What economists predicted back then, and how true it holds now.
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A poem: O Euro! My Euro!
Dec 27, 2011
With apologies to Walt Whitman, the Wall Street Poet considers the euro in verse, circa 2002 and the present day.
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Bubbly still flat
Dec 26, 2011
Champagne as an economic indicator for 2012?
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Why is there record pessimism in France?
Dec 23, 2011
A new poll finds the French are as pessimistic about the economy as any country has been since 1978.
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Has the ECB action helped avert a banking crisis?
Dec 22, 2011
The European Central Bank yesterday printed $640 billion worth of euros, almost the same amount of money as the TARP program used by the U.S. government during the financial crisis in 2008.
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For ECB plan to succeed, European banks must buy up bonds
Dec 22, 2011
What looks like a major success now may end up being more of a modest win in the future against the mounting debt crisis in the eurozone.
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Spain's new prime minister will tackle debt, unemployment
Dec 21, 2011
Mariano Rajoy has been elected the new prime minister in Spain, and he will soon have to find solutions to the country's dire debt and unemployment problems.
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Banks take advantage of ECB lending
Dec 21, 2011
The European Central Bank initiated a plan to stop a credit crunch in Europe, and demand for cheap money has exceeded expectations.
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