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IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Feb 07, 2012

The Elephant in the Room is Spain, Not Italy
Wall Street Pit
The more interesting question is: suppose Greece finally does get a deal? I realize everybody says it is a “one-off”, but do you really think the Irish,Portuguese, or even the Spanish and Italians will go along with that, particularly if (as is ...
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Swiss central banker a euro crisis Nostradamus?
Reuters
Exactly this has happened, leading to huge debt problems in Greece,Portugal, Spain, Italy and Ireland and stress elsewhere. "The inability of a state to pay its debts could lead to a banking and financial crisis if these institutions hold large ...
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After Greece, Markets Will Eye Portugal: Economist
TheStreet.com
Since the start of the euro zone debt crisis, Portugal has been grouped withGreece, Ireland, Italy and neighboring Spain under the PIIGS [cnbc explains] label for troubled peripheral euro zone economies.
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Wave of discontent breaks beyond eurozone
The Australian
ONE after another, public fury and market pressures have toppled the leaders of the eurozone's PIIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece andSpain - but now the political backlash against incumbents has reached beyond the eurozone.
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Portugal's Debt Plan 'Is on Track'
Wall Street Journal
In answer to other comments from the panel, Mr. Regling defended the euro-zone's German-led focus on austerity as the main response to the crisis, saying it was already showing results in Spain, Italy and Ireland, as well asPortugal.
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Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack
Economic Times
Greece and Portugal are not the only innovation laggards. Worryingly, Italyand Spain both spend less than Portugal on R&D and trail Ireland badly on patent filings, at 67 and 31 per million inhabitants respectively. True, some experts argue that the ...
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Monti Says Italy Seeks to Set Good Example on Swaps Transparency
BusinessWeek
Morgan Stanley, the sixth-biggest US bank by assets, had $6.4 billion of net exposure including unfunded lending to the five peripheral countries --Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain -- including $4.9 billion to Italy, as of Dec.
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Bailout not the answer for Greece
RT
“The only possibility for Greece but also Portugal or Ireland to repay their debt means they need to get long term financing. That means they can begin to invest in projects that have future. Those are ones based on skilled labour – not on cutting ...
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Temporary Employment: A New Ugly Rearing its Head in Europe?
Business Insider
I haven't read recent research to this point; however, those countries with outsized surges in temporary employment – Ireland, Portugal, Netherlands,Italy, Greece, and the UK are among the highest in the sample above – are likely to experience a drop ...
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Debt level spikes in Greece, but drops in Italy and overall eurozone in third ...
CanadianBusiness.com
(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis) BRUSSELS - Debt levels in bailed-out countriesGreece, Portugal and Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of last year, but they fell for Italy and the 17-nation eurozone as a whole, official statistics showed ...
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EU stocks struggle, retreat on Greece debt talks
Bloomberg UTV
Speaking on the regions debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said, “I would like to tell the Greek people, Portugal,Ireland, Spain and Mario Monti in Italy is going ahead with some tough reforms. Everybody is contributing, so we also want...
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Bloomberg UTV
Greece's Dithering Is Hurting Everyone
The Atlantic Wire
... been devastated by Greece's drag on the French economy, causing some to openly speculate that the conservative politician will be the "next domino to fall" following prime minister upheavals in Britain, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, andIreland.
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The Atlantic Wire
US consumer confidence jumps, globally shoppers still cautious -Nielsen
Reuters
Confidence was next weakest in EU/IMF bailout recipients Portugal andGreece while France, Spain, Italy and Ireland were also in the bottom 10, reflecting the impact of the euro zone's debt problems and austerity measures imposed to try and resolve the ...
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Swedish Bonds Retrace Gains Against Germany as Haven Trade Fades
Bloomberg
Sweden Vs Italy The crisis-management efforts have eased concern that the turmoil will spread beyond Greece, Ireland and Portugal -- all three relying on bailouts to stay afloat -- to Italy and Spain. Sweden's spread toItaly has narrowed to 374 basis ...
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Maastricht Treaty: 20 years on
The Voice of Russia
On February 7 1992 the leaders of Belgium, Denmark, Spain,Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,Portugal and Britain gathered in the small Dutch town of Maastricht to set up what is now called the European Union.
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The Voice of Russia
Resolving The Crisis: Remembering What Makes Us Great
Seeking Alpha
And the Greeks want a deal with as little conditions as possible because they want to try to stay in the Eurozone. But how much longer and at what additional cost will struggling Greeks (and Portuguese, Irish, Spanish andItalian) be willing to endure ...
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COMMENT: Ignore French elections at your peril
Reuters
MARKET IMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE FEB 3-YEAR LTRO For those holding peripheral exposure, the time until the 3-year LTRO at the end of the month should be used to lighten the portfolio of risk, especially on Portugaland Ireland. For Italy and Spain we ...
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FAI confirms Hungary friendly
Irish Times
They share Group A with co-hosts Poland, Russia and 2004 champions Greece. Ireland will face Spain in Gdansk on June 14th before the group stages end with a match against Italyback in Poznan on the 18th. Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni ...
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Irish Times
Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack (NEWS.GNOM.ES)
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
Greece and Portugal are not the only innovation laggards. Worryingly, Italyand Spain both spend less than Portugal on R&D and trail Ireland badly on patent filings, at 67 and 31 per million inhabitants respectively. True, some experts argue that the ...
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Score One for the Keynesians
Minyanville.com
Euro nations including Spain, Portugal, Ireland, France, Germany and Italyhave all aggressively pursued austerity. Now, the eurozone faces a year of negative growth and record-high unemployment. And then there is Greece, where unemployment reached ...
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The German industrial production data
FXstreet.com
On intra-EMU bond markets, 10-year spread changes versus German bonds were limited, ranging from -3 bps (Italy) to +8 bps (Spain). In a low volume session, the Greek uncertainty had little impact and we saw more of a slowing down/profit taking of the ...
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PIMCO'S KASHKARI: This Is Our Investment Strategy
Business Insider
The best example of that was 12 months ago when a number of banks in countries like Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and even Greece were flashing all of the traditional bottom-up, deep-value signals. As we all know now, of course, there was something ...
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Wonky risk premiums are confusing investors
Globe and Mail (blog)
The only countries that break from this new norm are the troubled ones: Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain. In these markets, bonds range from cheap, to extremely cheap, relative to equities. All of this makes valuing equities that much harder.
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Globe and Mail (blog)
UK Shares May Dive 30 Percent in Euro Crisis
HispanicBusiness.com
Its analysis suggests that shares in London would fall by about five percent if Greece quit the euro. The drop would be as much as 15 percent if it was joined byPortugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain. If the entire single currency zone broke up, ...
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HispanicBusiness.com
McGeady now a concern
Herald.ie
By Aidan Fitzmaurice THERE has been pain in Spain for Aiden McGeady as the winger has emerged as the first serious injury concern of the new year for Giovanni Trapattoni ahead of the Euro 2012 finals. Ireland's plans for the finals in Poland and ...
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Has Derivatives Deleveraging Fueled the Stock Rally?
Business Insider
This was the same bet made by sellers of CDS on Greek debt--and onItalian, Portuguese, Spanish, Irish et al. debt as well. Now that leaves the canny financiers in a pickle, as they owe various parties $1 trillion when $100 billion in Greek debt goes ...
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Portugal can make it to 2015, Goldman
ForexLive (blog)
If that's the case, then Portuguese 2-year notes, yielding 14.7% are a heck of a deal. Maybe that's what the market is saying, with yields down from nearly 20% last week but it's still a long way to go to get to the Irish (4.3%),Italian (2.9%) or ...
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Letter to Bernanke: What Happens When the Bond Bubble Bursts?
Minyanville.com
Poor Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain; if only these "PIIGS" could print their way out of a global crisis into a false recovery like you have done. Of course Wall Street insiders know you are providing Europe all the greenbacks needed to ...
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Explore Europe via a tour
St. George Daily Spectrum
A great tour in Southern Spain is the Spain, Portugal and Morocco 17-day tour visiting Madrid, Granada, Seville, Salamanca, Fez, Casa Blanca, Marrakesh, Lisbon and more. There are so many options; one great company called Trafalgar Tours lists more ...
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Italian Pork Prospects Poor; Irish Forecasts Positive
ThePigSite.com
Prospects in Italy appear poor. The economic crisis in the country has affected consumption to a large extent. Ireland, on the other hand, seems optimistic. Low supplies and strong exports are expected to support pig meat prices.
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The RBA Seems To See Global Recovery In A Different Light
FX Empire
... no matter what bright spots you find, no matter how many clouds will silver linings are out there, the is an elephant in the room, called Greece or more precisely known as Greece,Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Italy, more fondly called (PIIGS).
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FX Empire
European labour markets : a picture of class warfare at Sanhati
While there has been some positive news in both in terms of GDP growth in the US economy in the last quarter of 2011, and the labour market in January 2012, the recovery in the US is far from complete. At present there are close to 12.8 million workers ... Figure 1 covers the so-called PIIGS groups:PortugalIrelandItalyGreece, and Spain; Figure 2 has Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the US thrown in for comparison. First:IrelandItaly, France, GreecePortugal, ...
Sanhati
PORTUGUESE CRISIS: LET'S NOT MAKE IT GREECE 2 | The Slog
By John Ward
I think we have passed the rubicon, Greece will default and PortugalIreland,Spain and Italy will follow them out of the EU as it is currently structured. No EU Politician can stop this, question is where will France end up, they will hate not being ...
The Slog
The Elephant in the Room is Spain, Not Italy
Now you could argue that Portugal and Ireland, like Greece, ... But you can't say this about Spain, which remains the real elephant in the room – notItaly ...
wallstreetpit.com/89336-the-elephant-in-the-room-is-spain-not...
Analysis - Weaker euro helps Spain and Italy, not Germany
Global stocks, euro off as Greece, Portugal stoke ... just behind Greeceand Ireland on 61 percent, but ahead of Italy (57), Spain ... Related Quotes and News ...
www.reuters.com/.../uk-eurozone-exports-idUSTRE80Q13J20...
The Talking Clock: Dear Greece (and Ireland, Portugal, Spain and ...
Dear Greece (and Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy)... perhaps you might read the ... In a timely piece of breaking news to accompany this post, it has just been ...
talking-clock.blogspot.com/.../dear-greece-and-ireland-portug...
Portuguese strike flops, workers fear for jobs
Greece must pledge tough reforms for debt swap deal ... Italian, Irish and Spanish bonds rally, but Portugal's remain mired in doubt Lisbon can handle its debt.
www.reuters.com/.../us-portugal-strike-idUSTRE8111HG2012...
Ireland, Portugal And Greece: Out Of Time To Achieve Balanced ...
New: Get email alerts with breaking news and articles on ... In Q3 2011,Ireland, Greece, and Portugal were producing an average 2.2% above their ... argue that the forced structural reform in Ireland, Portugal, andGreece (even Spain, Italy, ...
seekingalpha.com/.../333242-ireland-portugal-and-greece-out-...
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland now Romania. All had Govts ...
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland now Romania. All had Govts toppled since start of ... James Mates « National News Blog. blog.itv.com · @jamesmatesitv ...
inagist.com/jamesmatesitv/166447489665343488/
Greece's debt rose to 159.1% of GDP in Q3 of 2011 from 138.8 ...
Irish/Ireland Business News, Internationa, Global, World, European Union,... Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the ... Greece (+4.4 pp) and Portugal (+3.6 pp), and the largest decreases in Italy and ...
www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1023884.shtml
Fitch Downgrades Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia ...
Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece Greek News, Politics, ... was applied to Belgium, Italy, Slovenia and Spain, but not to Cyprus and Ireland, ... in this review along with 'AAA'-rated France and 'BB+'-rated Portugal) primarily ...
greece.greekreporter.com/.../fitch-downgrades-cyprus-italy-sp...
Most Germans want Greece to quit euro: poll - Business - World ...
BERLIN — The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-sellingnewspaper Bild ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../most-germans-want-greece-quit-euro...
Eurozone: Manufacturing Contraction Continues
Global Economic Intersection - News Blog ... France and Italy both had the sixth consecutive down month while Spain has had nine contracting months in a row. ... higher (PIIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) and particularly among ... Tags: eurozone, germany, greece, ireland, italy, manufacturing, new orders ...
econintersect.com/.../eurozone-manufacturing-contraction-con...
Weaker euro helps Spain and Italy, not Germany - Yahoo! Finance UK
TO - news) data shows that German exports do not receive the boost of demand ... for Spain and bailout recipient Ireland, followed by Greece,Portugal and Italy.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/.../weaker-euro-helps-spain-italy-14590...
Investors cue up Portugal as the next Greece
While borrowing costs have fallen for debt-ridden Spain and Italy as well as bailed-out Ireland on the back of ... Unlike Portugal and Greece, Irelandhas moved to surplus on its current account over the past year in its ... Read Business news in ...
www.business-standard.com/india/news/investors.../463096/
  
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