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EUROPE News, May 12, 2012

European Officials Pile Pressure on Greece
Wall Street Journal
By TOM FAIRLESS TALLINN – European officials piled pressure on Greece Saturday to stand by its fiscal commitments or face leaving the euro zone, as political turmoil in the country has cast doubt on whether it will abide by the terms of its latest €130 ...
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Is Europe a safe place to buy? Not exactly
BusinessWeek
European stocks have lost about 15 percent since mid-March. Renewed worries about the region's long-running debt crisis have rattled markets. So it might look like a chance to buy cheap. The trouble, money managers say, is that nobody knows when the ...
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Amid the Wreckage in Europe, Some Opportunities Arise
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By BEN LEVISOHN Europe's continued woes are sending stock markets tumbling yet again. That could present opportunities for disciplined investors. The key is to treatEurope not as one giant bloc but as a collection of nations and companies.
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Greece abandons quest to form government, lurches toward new elections
msnbc.com (blog)
By msnbc.com news services ATHENS -- Greek politicians abandoned their quest to form a government on Saturday, leaving the president with one final opportunity to avert new elections that could drive the debt-choked country out of the European single ...
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Greek Leader Will Attempt to Broker a Coalition
New York Times
ATHENS — Greece's president will start negotiations Sunday to form a coalition government in a last-ditch effort to avoid new elections and further political turmoil. President Karolos Papoulias's announcement Saturday followed the collapse a day ...
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ECB's Honohan: Greece Euro Exit Can Be Managed
BusinessWeek
By Ott Ummelas and Kim McLaughlin on May 12, 2012 A Greek exit from the euro could be “technically” managed yet would damage confidence in the monetary union, said European Central Bank Governing Council member Patrick Honohan.
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Greek exit not fatal for euro zone - ECB's Honohan
Reuters
* Greek euro exit could be managed technically-ECB's Honohan * Would be blow to euro zone, not necessarily fatal * EU's Rehn says Europe loans to Greece generous TALLINN, May 12 (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would damage confidence in the ...
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ECB's Honohan Says Greece Euro Exit Can Be Managed
Bloomberg
A Greek exit from the euro could be “technically” managed yet would damage confidence in the monetary union, saidEuropean Central Bank Governing Council member Patrick Honohan. A departure by Greece would be “a rather destabilizing kind of event” for ...
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Bloomberg
German Finance Minister eyes growth measures for Greece
Reuters
Germany on Friday said it supported a European "growth pact," an attempt to deflect criticism that its insistence on austerity has exacerbated Athens' debt woes. But it also told Greece that staying in the euro zone was its own choice and that it must ...
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Europe Slips in World Influence Stakes
New York Times (blog)
The international standing of European nations has declined in the past year, according to a survey published this week, and Germany is no longer the state most admired by the rest of the world. In a survey of more than 24000 people in 22 countries ...
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As Europe's outlook darkens, US risks grow
MiamiHerald.com
By Kevin G. Hall WASHINGTON -- Most economists don't expect Europe'sdebt problems to sink the sluggish US economic recovery, but clearlyEurope has sent new headwinds our way, dragging down US stock prices. IfEurope's crisis continues to deepen, ...
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Serbian nationalists call for nationwide protests over alleged election fraud
Washington Post
Nikolic will face pro-European Union candidate and incumbent President Boris Tadic in a runoff presidential election on May 20. Tadic led Nikolic by half a percentage point in the first round, and is considered a favorite in the runoff.
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No longer predictable
DAWN.com
REMEMBER when Europe was a quiet and predictable place, with leaders who seemed to know what they were doing, kept our anxieties in check, allowing us to sleep more or less soundly every night? Well, those days are gone. Europe's economic landscape is ...
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Greek president to seek to form unity government
CNN International
The party is opposed to the terms of the bailout agreed with the EuropeanUnion, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, and has even suggested implementing a moratorium on part of the repayments. The country's lenders have said that if ...
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Asian Stocks Post Worst Week Since November on Europe, China
BusinessWeek
By Adam Haigh on May 11, 2012 Asian stocks fell, with a regional index posting its worst week in five months, amid concern Greece will be forced out of the euro and that austerity plans needed to contain the Europe's debt crisis will be derailed.
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Greek president in last-ditch coalition effort
Boston Herald
They say his policies would lead to disaster and force Greece out of theEuropean Union's joint currency — something that none of the political leaders say they want. Hopes had been raised that a solution could be found in the form of a partnership ...
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Europe's battle with the bottle
ESPN
By Alexander Netherton "When it goes, it goes quickly, and there is nothing you can do about it." When Sir Alex Ferguson described the irresistible force of a collapse in form, he failed to mention that it might not happen to more than just one side in ...
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ESPN
Dow Drops Most in 2012 as Europe Concern Resurfaces
Bloomberg
US stocks fell for a second straight week, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the biggest loss of 2012, as political tension in Greece heightened concern about Europe's debt crisis and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)'s $2 billion trading loss ...
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Bloomberg
JPMorgan: Europe Is Plagued By Too Much Talk, Too Little Growth
Forbes
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Unless you possess nerves made of only the sturdiest making, Europe over the past 10 days probably induced a few trembles. Spanish debt. French socialists. Greek bailouts. It all had a certain familiar ring to it, did it not?
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Forbes
Greece lurches towards new vote, hard left leads
Reuters
Without a government to negotiate a new aid tranche from the EU and IMF, Greece risks bankruptcy in weeks and - as European leaders now openly acknowledge - potential ejection from the common currency. A week of efforts to put together a government ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro slip as Europe concerns mount
Reuters
Global shares retreat as Europe outweighs US sentiment * Safe-haven government debt rises, Bunds near record lows * Oil slides on weak Chinese industrial production data By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Global stocks retreated on Friday as ...
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EU central bankers ponder Greece euro exit
BBC News
Europe central bankers have been openly expressing views on the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone as its leaders struggles to form a government. Germany's top banker said it was up to the Greeks to decide, but if they did not keep to their ...
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BBC News
Merkel faces more ballot woe in German state vote
BusinessWeek
By GEIR MOULSON A bad European week for Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to end with more electoral woes -- this time, the likely re-election of a center-left government in Germany's most populous state, which Merkel has sought to portray as ...
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EU predicts 0.3 pct eurozone contraction in 2012
BusinessWeek
By RAF CASERT and PAN PYLAS The European Union estimates that the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro is in recession in the wake of a debt crisis that has prompted savage spending cuts and a jump in unemployment to record highs.
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Will Francois Hollande Point Europe in a New Direction?
Knowledge Wharton Today
The French election that brought the first Socialist — Francois Hollande — to the presidency since Francois Mitterrand resigned in 1995 has the potential to significantly reshape the future of France — and the eurozone. Many observers predict ...
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Europe: Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE
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Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPEEUROPE. Lord Stirling's News BlogEUROPE. http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail. Holy Shroud of Turin. The US is now "worried" that Israel could attack Iran at any moment ~ link ~ Sorry but I don't buy ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro slip as Europe concerns mount ...
By StuMack
Great Travel News Syndicate ... 2012 4:57pm EDT. * Global shares retreat as Europe outweighs U.S. sentiment ... Friday as uncertainty over Europe'sfestering debt crisis ... in the day, but concerns over Europe and JPMorgan Chase & Co's ...
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War News Updates: The Week That Shook Europe
By War News Updates Editor
War News Updates. A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also Covered. Occasionally We Will Have Our Own Opinions Or Observations To Make.
War News Updates
Weekly Round-Up: Global Industrial Decline, European Woes Bog ...
By Shihoko Goto
Commodities are lower across the board as Europe's financial situation continues to worry investors and industrial production in both China and India.
Resource Investing News
cooling off across europe - hot and sunny across spain united ...
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Oil prices fall on weak China data, Europe woes | News Hours BD ...
By toopu7
Trade & Finance Desk : Oil prices dropped yesterday as traders worried about disappointing Chinese economic data and debt-wracked Greece, where an election was almost certain after austerity opponents blocked a new government.
News Hours BD English
European economy expected to shrink by 0.3 percent in 2012 ...
The European Union estimates that the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro is in recession in the wake of a debt crisis that has prompted savage spending cuts and a jump in unemployment to record highs.
KATU - News - Business
Facebook IPO a Bright Spot as Markets Continue to Watch Europe ...
Facebook IPO a Bright Spot as Markets Keep Eye on Europe. Published: Friday, 11 May 2012 | 5:19 PM ET. Text Size. By: Patti Domm CNBC Executive News Editor. Wall Street could get a chance to show just how much it 'likes' Facebook in ...
Market Insider Blog
Obama: Europe should have followed U.S. economic lead ...
By GaryMetzger
The Rathbun Library is a resource of information, particulary current newsspecializing in education and training. We publish articles from ... the unemployment rate. Obama did not specify which economic steps Europeought to have followed.
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• The German Democratic Reality | EuropeNews
EuropeNews 9 May 2012. By Henrik R. Clausen. For the upcoming local elections in Nordrein-Westphalen, the small German political party Pro NRW decided to ...
europenews.dk/en/node/54554
Is Europe a safe place to buy? Not exactly
NEW YORK—It often pays to zig when everybody else zags. If you were brave enough to put cash into the stock market three years ago—and very few small ...
www.mercurynews.com/.../is-europe-safe-place-buy-not-exact...
Global hotel pulse: Europe news
HotelNewsNow.com each week features a news roundup from a different region of the world. Today's review covers Europe. Europe hotels post mixed ...
www.hotelnewsnow.com/.../Global-hotel-pulse-Europe-news
EU mulls 'Marshall plan' for Europe | EurActiv
According to leading Spanish newspaper, El País, the plan aims to raise funds valued at €200 billion for investments in infrastructure, renewable energies and ...
www.euractiv.com/.../eu-mulls-marshall-plan-europe-news-51...
Crude oil prices continue to fall on U.S., Europe news – USATODAY ...
U.S. crude inventories have risen to the highest level since 1990.
www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/.../1
Exclusive: Pay rises for Jones Day trainees and - Europe News
In a week of mass redundancies and a potential collapse, there was goodnews at least for some lawyers: trainees at the London office of Jones Day are to get a ...
www.rollonfriday.com/TheNews/EuropeNews/.../Default.aspx
Europe news to send stocks swooning - Yahoo! Finance Canada
From Yahoo! Finance Canada : The Toronto stock market was in for a negative open Monday after elections in France and Greece over the weekend resulted in ...
ca.finance.yahoo.com/.../europe-news-send-stocks-swooning-...
Europe News
Europe News. Page 1 of 4 | Next Page · Show Entire Article. Campaigning Over, Politicians Await Critical Greek Vote. Reuters | May 05, 2012 | 09:37 AM EDT ...
m.eu.cnbc.com/europe/top_stories/47304765/1
Today's Football Europe News April 30, 2012
Roy Hodgson is set to take charge of England's assault on the EuropeanChampionships after it was revealed the West Brom manager is in talks with the ...
www.football-europe.net/todays-football-europe-news-april-3...
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