 Seeking Alpha A quick rehash of the fundamentals: Greece and to a lesser extent Ireland, Italy, Ireland,Portugal, and Spain run excessive fiscal deficits and have much lower labor productivity than Germany. Generally this would be resolved through currency ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Italy's a Mess Motley Fool Italy's been seen as the country next in line to Greece to aggravate the European Union's debt burden, right alongside Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. This speculation is well earned ... Italy'sdebt, which in the ballpark of $2.5 trillion, is nothing to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe Has Two Choices: Amputation or Gangrene Wall Street Pit The shock waves that commenced in Greece and then Portugal and Ireland have spread to Italyand Spain, and tremors are being felt in France as well. The amputation option is to jettison the Euro project by lopping off the weak Med countries, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Nemenoff Report - Bonds Higher, S&P's Higher, Silver Lower International Business Times The market is now concerned about French banks and their exposure to sovereign debt fromPortugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain (PIIGS). Personally I feel these markets are overdone to the upside (meaning rates are too low) in spite of Tuesday's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Will the Rand Area survive the PIGS and the elephants? Mmegi Online After the year of the PIG (Portugal, Ireland, Greece) which is rapidly and dangerously developing into the years of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland and Greece with Spain and Italy thrown in for good measure), the idea of a currency union, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| In Europe, Spreading Brushfires in Bonds New York Times But when the financial crisis struck, bond investors began to differentiate more between countries, a trend that accelerated when first Greece and then Ireland and Portugal had to seek European help. The latest Greek deal provided that bondholders ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe's Bogey-Man Wyatt Investment Research With France now in the mix, we're looking at Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland as having debt. In fact, we should probably look at it the other way and simply acknowledge that Germany is the only healthy country (and maybe Switzerland and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Market rises Fri., ending manic week nearly even CBS News As France and Germany's heavily-indebted neighbors struggle financially, the two countries are shouldering most of the costs of rescuing Greece, Portugal and Ireland from defaulting on their debts. Worries about debt issued by Italy and Spain, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. Money Funds Shun Italian, Spanish Banks Bloomberg Fidelity Investments, the biggest US manager of money- market funds, said its cash funds don't have “direct exposure” to banks based in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain or Italy. The firm only invests in 50 or so of Europe's “strongest financial ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Your Complete Guide To The Market Slump Motley Fool UK Trouble was, the eurozone's European Financial Stability Fund wasn't -- and still isn't -- large enough to bailout either Italy or Spain, it having already spent billions shoring up Ireland, Greece andPortugal... Then there was the decision by S&P, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News New York Times Almost everyone understands that the bailouts of Greece, Portugal or Ireland will become very costly for Europe's taxpayers. The costs could actually increase if Belgium, Italy and Spain also lose access to the capital markets. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Credit Crisis 2011 Compared to Credit Crisis 2008 ETFguide ... a selective default of Greek debt and trying to prevent new crises from arising in Spain and Italy(problems in Ireland and Portugal are on the back burner for now). Greece received its first bailout in May 2010 and then another bailout this July. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| If Negative Euro News Continues, Buying the Aussie vs. Euro Could Be ... Seeking Alpha ... members will be called upon for capital contributions, This puts France, currently in worsening economic straights, in a position where they will have to pay a large share of the bail out of Spainand Italy, as well as Greece Ireland and Portugal. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US stocks pare gains after mixed economic news Greenwich Time As their heavily indebted neighbors struggle to stay afloat financially, the region's economic powers must shoulder most of the costs of rescuing Greece, Portugal and Ireland from defaulting on their debts. A default would increase borrowing costs and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Investment operations at big three US banks most at risk in Europe Housing Wire Citi's exposure to Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain as well as other financial institutions and corporations located in Europe sit at roughly $13 billion. "From an operational standpoint, Citi has the most overseas exposure of anyone in our ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold futures' dive breaks three day trend Daniels Trading Known as the PIIGS, the nations are Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Greece andIreland already have accepted bailout aid and Greece was approved for a second bailout so it could effect repayments of the first rescue. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Gets Less for Its Healthcare Buck Than Other Nations Medscape The other countries in the study are Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In 1980, public and private healthcare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa: US Credit Downgrade- The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost AllAfrica.com This power also played a role in the recent intimidation of European countries, including Greece,Portugal, Ireland, and Iceland, to launch austerity measures against workers by downgrading the ratings of these countries. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Crunchtime in the Eurozone Citizen Economists (blog) Spain, Italy, and Portugal would naturally form the nucleus of the second group, with Slovenia and Slovakia being possible candidates. Some countries, Ireland and Greece for example, might simply choose to opt out. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Moscone Center's face-lift half done San Francisco Chronicle Paddy Power is not taking book, as yet, on further downgrades of imperiled Eurozone countries, such as Greece (currently double-BB-minus, as rated by S&P), Portugal (triple-B-minus), Ireland(triple-B-plus), Spain (double-A) or Italy (A-plus). ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| German car makers seem immune from economic turmoil The Detroit News The crisis in the Euro zone, which started out with the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece andSpain - and has now hit Italy and is now approaching France, contains a nightmare scenario for the Germans and their successful engineering exporters. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Short Memories Business News Network (blog) I think I've debunked the first part of this protest, so I'll move onto the second and try to suppress my laughter at the idea that 'The Market', which bid up the bond prices of Italy, Greece, Portugal,Spain and Ireland for *YEARS*, creating the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Bearish 50/200-day MA Crossovers - GAM, IEV, IJJ, IJS, IOO Health Talk & You The Index measures the performance of the stocks of leading companies in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US trade defi cit $53.1bn in June FXstreet.com Euro zone peripherals were again under pressure, Greece's 10yr up 41bp, Ireland +23bp andPortugal +22bp, although ECB intervention helped Italy and Spain outperform. The US dollar index bounced ranged sideways between 74.40 and 75.06. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French Market Regulator Warns Against Rumors Voice of America ... trading has been sparked by the first-ever credit rating downgrade for the United States, but also by investors' continued worries that Italy and Spain might need international bailouts after those already secured by Greece, Ireland and Portugal. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Debt-hit countries can blame themselves The Swedish Wire Reinfeldt's comments reflect growing anxiety in Sweden over how the mounting uncertainty surrounding economies like those of Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain, will affect its small and for now robust economy. On Thursday, neither Reinfeldt nor his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Debt, Recession Worries Bring Volatility to World Markets Voice of America And Europe must still deal with the rescues of Greece, Ireland and Portugal. And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter. ___ Contributing: Michael Bowman, Selah Hennessy Comments (9) Sort by: Newest to Oldest | Oldest to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Stock Takes New Zealand Herald There's Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy and now France, all with sovereign debt concerns. No surprises there. The idea of a truly unified eurozone, with its members all marching to the beat of the same fiscal drum, has been elusive. ... See all stories on this topic » |
| This time, US fears a financial crisis from abroad KLAS-TV Channel 8 News NOW Las Vegas. Local News, Weather, Traffic, Sports, Entertainment for Las Vegas. ... The 2008 financial crisis left countries like Greece, Ireland and Portugal holding huge debts. The three have required bailouts from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund totaling $520 billion. Italy and Spain, which are much bigger economies, might need bailouts, too. As the crisis has intensified, Spanish and Italian interest rates have surged. ... Las Vegas News from 8NewsNow.com |
| Investment operations at big three U.S. banks most at risk in ... By KERRI PANCHUK Citi's exposure to Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain as well as other financial institutions and corporations located in Europe sit at roughly $13 billion. "From an operational standpoint, Citi has the most overseas exposure of ... HousingWire |
| The euro crisis reaches the core | Guest Author By Guest Author But while Greece, Ireland, and Portugal got lower rates for their official long-term financing, Spain andItaly experienced a surge in their borrowing costs. They are paying close to 6% for ten-year money.... housingstorm.com |
| “August 2011: The euro crisis reaches the core” « naked capitalism By Yves Smith But while Greece, Ireland, and Portugal got lower rates for their official long-term financing, Spain andItaly experienced a surge in their borrowing costs. They are paying close to 6% for ten-year money. It is clear that these countries .... Since this afternoon I've already seen this referred to as a general ban on short selling, which is inaccurate. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/france-spain-italy-belgium-ban-short-sales-to-halt-rout-in-bank-shares.html ... |
| International Fund for Ireland: Latest News on International Fund ... Lagarde said through IMF programs in Greece, Portugal and Ireland ... not only supportingGreece but potentially Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. ... timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/International-Fund.../news |
| This time, US fears a financial crisis from - National News Wire ... And U.S. banks have limited direct exposure — $39 billion — to the riskiest European countries,Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain, according to ... hosted2.ap.org/.../id-5d9063a04c2c474aa445d9d783b33b31 |
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