Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, News

Peripheral Euro-zone, Italy Default Insurance Costs Rise Wall Street Journal LONDON (Dow Jones)--The cost of insuring the sovereign debt of Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Italy using credit default swaps rose Friday as worries about ... See all stories on this topic »

Ireland's Medicine Too Harsh for Others: David Blanchflower Bloomberg ... as Portugal, Greece, Spain and even Italy. Ireland is a good deal wealthier than these countries, and it has seen income rise more from euro membership. ... See all stories on this topic »

Thinking the Unthinkable in Europe Project Syndicate With Ireland's troubles threatening to spill over to Portugal, Spain, and even Italy, it is time to rethink the viability of Europe's currency union. ... See all stories on this topic »

EU reassures Greece on loan extension BusinessWeek ... the pressure in debt markets that forced Ireland's rescue last week and threatened to engulf Portugal as well as larger economies like Spain and Italy. ... See all stories on this topic »

Italian Treasury Has More Than $40 Billion in Reserves, Debt Chief Says Bloomberg Italy's debt reached 1.76 trillion euros last year, more than that of Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece combined. At 116 percent of gross domestic product ... See all stories on this topic »

Dollar climbs after Fitch cuts Ireland's ratings Bloomberg The European Union bailed out Ireland because of its soaring borrowing costs following the rescue of Greece in May. Investors are nervous that Portugal or ... See all stories on this topic »

Bank of Ireland Has "Glitches" on Day of Budget Vote The New American Ireland has been following the path of Greece and Spain: Increasingly more of the national economy is, effectively, mortgaged to international organizations ... See all stories on this topic »

Deutsche Bank Proposes Plan B to Help ECB Fight Debt Turmoil: Euro Credit Bloomberg For its part, Deutsche Bank's total net exposure to central and local governments in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain totaled 10.1 billion euros ... See all stories on this topic »