GREECE News, Aug 02, 2011

Basketball: BYU holds first pre-Greece practice Salt Lake Tribune (blog) ... close to two hours today from my perch on the concourse level at the Marriott Center. It was the first practice in preparation for the once-every-four-years trip overseas. The Cougars will leave forGreece, where they will play five games, on Aug. ... See all stories on this topic »

Greece will not lose if we start EU entry talks, Ivanov says EMportal The EU leaders should help the Greek PM George Papandreou and the leadership and to convince them that by accession talks Greece will not be a loser and by this we will all win, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said in the interview with today's ... See all stories on this topic »

Stanford economist: How do we 'get off this path of deficits as far as the eye ... Stanford University News "We are on a course and speed to be where Greece is today by roughly 2025. But nobody is going to bail out the United States," he said. "It's time to be creative." Economist John Shoven is director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research ... See all stories on this topic » Stanford University News

Greece in panic as it faces change of Homeric proportions The Guardian The fact that they are now emerging from Greece not only indicates the scale of financial distress, it suggests something else: Greece today looks like parts of Latin America in the worst moments of its financial crisis. In an echo of the days of Jim ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Germans Abetted Greek 'Kleptocrats' as Odious Sovereign Debt Grew: Books Bloomberg As he sees it, Greece is more emerging than developed and had no business joining the euro to begin with. Forget the clever “Western branding” of his homeland as the cradle of philosophy and government by the demos. Greece today has become a ... See all stories on this topic »

Bachmann: We Are Greece Fox News But Lady Gaga opted for a different kind of daring today as she left her Los Angeles hotel.The 25-year-old star strolled along in a... We're recognizing that the only compromise that there is is mine." -- Sen. Harry Reid After getting soldier's heart, ... See all stories on this topic »

Commission details 'Marshall Plan' for Greece PublicServiceEurope.com by Daniel Mason A new "Marshall Plan" to give Greece and five other struggling economies easier access to European Union funds – in a bid to stimulate growth, create jobs and spark a strong recovery – was outlined in Brusselstoday. ... See all stories on this topic » PublicServiceEurope.com

European Stocks Slide 10% From 2011 High Bloomberg In April, Portugal followed Greece and Ireland to become the third euro-region nation to seek a rescue from the European Union. S&P has reduced its rating on Greece to CC, two steps above default, from BB+ on Feb. 17, and Moody's has cut its stance to ... See all stories on this topic »

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