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Alfred and his boss help to save Europe...again

akuma_river wrote in ontd_political May 14, 2010 01:03

Was the euro saved by a call from Barack Obama?Talks on the scale of a bailout deal to rescue the single currency were wavering - then the President intervened ( Read more... )

economics, euro, usa, barack obama, europe, banking

Greece debt is starting to bring down the rest of Eurozone

akuma_river wrote in ontd_political Apr 27, 2010 19:36

Europe debt crisis spreads to Portugal
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and PAN PYLAS, Associated Press Writers Nicholas Paphitis And Pan Pylas, Associated Press Writers - 6 mins ago

ATHENS - Greece was pushed to the brink of a financial abyss and started dragging another eurozone country - Portugal - down with it Tuesday, fueling fears of a continent-wide ( Read more... )

debt, euro, bailout, greece, europe, banking

European Banker Writes Wonk-tastic Open Letter To Paul Krugman

lavenderfrost wrote in ontd_political Mar 24, 2009 18:55

Meant to submit this for approval yesterday, but oh well. One day isn't that late, is it??

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european union, euro, europe, socialism