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Portugal’s Debt Efforts May Be a Warning for Greece

NYT > Business  Tue, 02/14/2012 - 14:19

By the broadest measure of a country’s ability to repay its debts, Portugal is going deeper into the hole, because its economy is shrinking.


 

Greek debt crisis eases, but drama is not over

Newsvine - business  Thu, 02/09/2012 - 08:34

More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.


 

Germans float direct EU control over Greek budget

Topix - Business News  Sun, 01/29/2012 - 16:24

Germany is proposing that debt-ridden Greece temporarily cede sovereignty over tax and spending decisions to a powerful eurozone budget commissioner before it can secure further bailouts, an official in Berlin said Saturday.


 

Hedge Funds May Sue Greece if It Tries to Force Loss

NYT > Business  Thu, 01/19/2012 - 00:11

Several funds have plans to go to the European Court of Human Rights if the country doesn’t make good on its bond payments.


 

Eurozone slammed by S&P; talks collapse

MSNBC.com: Business  Fri, 01/13/2012 - 15:09

Credit agency expected to downgrade 6 nations; Greece again teeters on brink. US already is feeling the effects of Europe's economic slowdown.


 

Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes

NYT > Business  Wed, 11/30/2011 - 00:03

Critics say Moody’s Investors Service and other ratings agencies missed signs of trouble in Greece, now the center of the crisis in the euro zone.


 

Buffett says European debt concerns lingering

Newsvine - business  Mon, 11/14/2011 - 05:53

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the recent leadership changes in Italy and Greece should help those countries, but Europe's debt concerns will continue to hurt the economy.


 

Germany invites skilled workers from Greece

Newsvine - business  Sun, 11/13/2011 - 03:41

Prosperous Germany has a surprising message for sinking Greece: Help Wanted.


 

For European Union and the Euro, a Moment of Truth

NYT > Business  Sat, 11/12/2011 - 19:23

A growing consensus about the urgency of the euro crisis finally brought some action from Italy and Greece, but there is still much that can go wrong.


 

Europe’s Two Years of Denials Trapped Greece

NYT > Business  Sat, 11/05/2011 - 18:57

For two years, European politicians, policy makers and bankers underestimated dangers to Greece that seem clear enough in hindsight.