Posted on 23 May 2010
Tags: antiausterity, General, Greece, protest, STRIKE, Thousands
Thousands protest in Greece in new anti-austerity general strike
Tens of thousands of Greeks demonstrated in Athens and other cities on Thursday in the second general strike this month against a debt-dictated pension reform and government spending cuts.
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Posted on 22 May 2010
Tags: General, Greece, protest, STRIKE, Thousands
Thousands protest in new general strike in Greece
ATHENS -Tens of thousands of Greeks demonstrated in Athens and other cities on Thursday in the second general strike this month against a debt-dictated pension reform and government spending cuts.
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Posted on 13 May 2010
Tags: Bailout, Greece, skyrocket, Stocks
Stocks skyrocket on Greece bailout
Stock investors are back into buying after one of the worst weeks since the height of the financial crisis.
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Posted on 11 May 2010
Tags: Greece, Major, reforms, vows
Greece vows major reforms
Near-bankrupt Greece saw its borrowing costs fall sharply Monday and promised to press ahead with major financial cutbacks and reforms.
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Posted on 09 April 2010
Tags: Costs, deeper, Greece, highs, Loan, RECORD, sinks
Greece sinks deeper as loan costs hit record highs
ATHENS -Greece sank deeper into the financial mire as its borrowing costs soared to new heights on Thursday despite the government and European Central Bank insisting it did not need immediate help.
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Posted on 22 March 2010
Tags: 0133, 20100322, Debt, drop, Ease, focus, Greece, shares, Wall, woes
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-22 01:33 HK shares may ease on Wall St drop, Greece debt woes
HONG KONG, March 22 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares may ease on Monday, as investors could be discouraged by losses on Wall Street on Friday and renewed worries over Greece’s debt problems that could stymie the global economic recovery.
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Posted on 04 March 2010
Tags: 0525, 20100304, Data, eyed, falls, focus, Greece, Jobs, Nikkei, U.s.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-04 05:25 Nikkei falls 0.7 pct; Greece, U.S. jobs data eyed
By Aiko Hayashi
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Posted on 04 March 2010
Tags: 0235, 20100304, drifts, economy, focus, Greece, HOPES, Nikkei, support, U.s.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-04 02:35 Nikkei drifts; hopes for Greece, U.S. economy support
By Elaine Lies
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Posted on 03 March 2010
Tags: Asian, Greece, Increase, optimism, Pound, Stocks, strengthens
Asian Stocks Increase on Greece Optimism; Pound Strengthens
March 3 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose, erasing the benchmark index’s loss on the year, on speculation new austerity measures in Greece will allay concerns of a default. The pound rose for the first time in seven days.
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Posted on 22 February 2010
Tags: 2001, Argentina's, could, fiasco, Greece, Outside, repeat
Outside the Box: Greece could repeat Argentina’s 2001 fiasco
In 1999, the Argentine economy entered into a severe recession that coincided with various recessions and financial crises around the world, a state of affairs that exacerbated the problems in Argentina. Could history repeat itself in Greece?
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