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Euro slides, investors seek clarity on Greece

Reuters - Naomi Tajitsu, Nigel Stephenson - ‎53 minutes ago‎
A share trader is pictured behind a mock one dollar bill and a mock 500 Euro note symbolizing a consumer credit note, at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, December 18, 2008. LONDON (Reuters) - The euro slipped against the dollar on Tuesday as ...

Global stocks slip as Greece weighs, euro down

Reuters - Claire Milhench, Stephen Nisbet - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange April 26, 2010. LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks remained troubled by worries over Greek debt on Tuesday after Germany demanded new austerity measures, ...

European shares snap 2-day rally as banks retreat

Reuters - Blaise Robinson, Sharon Lindores - ‎1 hour ago‎
PARIS, April 27 (Reuters) - European shares fell in early trade on Tuesday, snapping a two-day rally, on renewed worries over Greece's debt after Germany demanded painful new austerity measures from Athens in return for financial aid ...

"Indications from euro zone members are that aid will be provided, but there remain uncertainties about the terms," said Kasper Kirkegaard, currency strategist at Danske in Copenhagen. "The trouble of not having a set-up to deal with these problems while other euro zone countries may be facing issues is a concern to the market."
more by Soren Kierkegaard - 9 hours ago - Reuters (12 occurrences)

Portugal Suffering Greek Contagion Pressures EU Bonds

BusinessWeek - Emma Ross-Thomas, Jim Silver - ‎37 minutes ago‎
With a higher debt burden and a slower 10-year growth rate than Greece, Western Europe's poorest country is being punished by investors as the sovereign debt crisis spreads. The risk premium on Portuguese bonds rose ...

European shares extend falls, banks pressured

Reuters - Harpreet Bhal - ‎44 minutes ago‎
LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - European shares extended falls on Tuesday, led lower by banking stocks, with uncertainty lingering over financial aid for Greece as Germany demanded painful new austerity measures from Athens. By 0929 GMT, the FTSEurofirst ...

Blogs

The Greek crisis should be our main election issue

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - Daniel Hannan - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The figure keeps growing. First we were told that it might cost €20 billion to rescue Greece. ...

The bitter taste of a Greek bail-out

BBC News (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
"Time is of the essence": this was the comment of almost every policy maker in Washington on the subject of Greece. Guess what? It really was. ...

Confidence About Greek Debt Falters in Germany

New York Times (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎
Confidence in Greek assets sank to a new low on Monday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany kept up the pressure on Greece, insisting on tougher ...

London, UK

Greek borrowing costs soar as German resistance spooks investors

Telegraph.co.uk - Angela Monaghan - ‎5 hours ago‎
Greece's borrowing costs rose to a 12-high year as investors took fright at Germany's resistance to a €45bn (£39bn) bail-out package for the stricken ...

Greek bond markets plunge

Financial Times - Aline van Duyn - ‎9 hours ago‎
Greek bond markets plunged yesterday amid growing fears among investors that the country will need to restructure its debts in spite of a proposed €45bn ...

Bundestag to be briefed on deal amid scepticism

Financial Times - Quentin Peel - ‎9 hours ago‎
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European ...

Athens, Greece

Talks on loans progress as debt clock ticks

Kathimerini - ‎2 hours ago‎
German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks into her handbag before a meeting of her Christian Democrat party in Berlin yesterday. Merkel declared support for ...

The Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

ANA - ‎2 hours ago‎
The acceleration of negotiations on Greece's EU-IMF loan and the new austerity measures demanded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in order to agree to the ...

Standard Bank: Greek Bailout May Be Good News

Capital.gr (press release) - ‎Apr 26, 2010‎
The EU/IMF support mechanism for Greece effectively means the death of the “no bail-out” clause prescribed in the European treaties, Standard Bank says ...

Germany

26/04/2010Germany policy toward Greece 'very stupid': Cohn-Bendit

Expatica Germany - ‎21 hours ago‎
European Green party leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit on Monday described German reluctance to support financial aid for Greece as "politically very stupid" and ...

Majority of Germans oppose Greek bailout

The Local - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Fifty-seven percent of Germans think giving aid to Greece would be a "bad decision," according to a survey published Tuesday, highlighting the level of ...

25/04/2010Germany 'not ready to write blank cheque' for Greece: minister

Expatica Germany - ‎Apr 25, 2010‎
Germany is "not ready to write a blank cheque" for Greece, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Sunday, after debt-stricken Athens appealed for an EU and ...

Timeline of articles

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Portugal Suffering Greek Contagion Pressures EU Bonds
‎37 minutes ago‎ - BusinessWeek
FOREX-Euro short-covering stalls as clock ticks on Greece
‎5 hours ago‎ - Reuters
Merkel keeps Greece in suspense
‎13 hours ago‎ - Times Online
Euro Falls on Concern Greek Aid Package Faces Hurdles (Correct)
‎18 hours ago‎ - BusinessWeek
Strong US data boosts dollar as euro falls
‎Apr 26, 2010‎ - Inquirer.net
The Euro Can Survive a Greek Default
‎Apr 25, 2010‎ - Wall Street Journal

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