IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Feb 28, 2012

Euro leaders delay decision on bigger bailout fund The Olympian The decision was highly anticipated as there are concerns that the eurozone's safety nets - which have already rescued Greece, Ireland andPortugal - are too weak to support large struggling countries like Italy orSpain. The European Commission - the ... See all stories on this topic »

CitiDirect(R) BE Mobile Processes over $1 Billion of Transactions MarketWatch (press release) BARCELONA, Spain & NEW YORK, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi today announced that its CitiDirect(R) BE Mobile service developed by the Global Transaction Services unit, has reached a significant milestone, processing over $1 billion in total ... See all stories on this topic »

Rovi Enters Agreement With Dixons Retail for First Ever Rovi Entertainment ... MarketWatch (press release) BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 28, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- - Mobile World Congress 2012 - Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ:ROVI) today announced that Dixons Retail, one of Europe's largest specialist electrical retailer and services companies, has licensed ... See all stories on this topic »

Euro leaders delay decision on boosting bailout fund amid disagreements CanadianBusiness.com The decision was highly anticipated as there are concerns that the eurozone's safety nets — which have already rescued Greece, Ireland andPortugal — are too weak to support large struggling countries like Italy orSpain. The European Commission ... See all stories on this topic »

What to make of Greece's rescue package Interactive Investor By Willem Sels of HSBC Private Bank | Tue, 28/02/2012 - 12:58 Markets rallied ahead of the European summit in the anticipation of a Greek rescue package, but after the agreement was struck, the positive momentum faded and markets were more mixed: the ... See all stories on this topic » Interactive Investor

Greece may well live to default another day Winnipeg Free Press The bond deal and the latest budget cuts are designed to achieve this, paving the way for a second financing package that would enable Greece to repay a 14.5-billion-euro bond on March 20. But even the greater austerity and larger losses to lenders ... See all stories on this topic »

Merkel wins vote n Greek bailout plan Regina Leader-Post By Stephen Brown And Hans-Edzard Busemann, Reuters February 28,2012 German Chancellor Angela Merkel scraped through a parliamentary vote endorsing a second bailout for Greece on Monday but faced a growing backbench revolt against pouring in more money ... See all stories on this topic »

Avoid government bonds – here's why MoneyWeek By MoneyWeek Editor John Stepek Feb 28, 2012 Mario Draghi and chums are set to pump another load of free money into the European banking system tomorrow. This is happening via the ECB's answer to quantitative easing (QE) – the LTRO (long-term ... See all stories on this topic »

What is 'LTRO' and how does it work? Citywire.co.uk We explain the European Central Bank (ECB)'s plan to bolster the region's banks, known as the long term refinancing operation (LTRO). by Caelainn Barr on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:17 The long term refinancing operation (LTRO) is a cheap loan scheme for ... See all stories on this topic »

Buzz kill: Lebanon weighing ban of dangerous caffeine-alcohol drinks The Daily Star In fact, according to information provided by Lebanon's Economy Ministry, CABs are banned in Italy, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden as well as a few states in the United States. In Australia as well as 26 states in the US, efforts are afoot ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Waiting for LTRO: A Play in Two Acts Forex Pros By Macro and Cheese | Market Overview | Feb 28, 2012 09:05AM GMT Yesterday's US stock markets went their own separate way, parting company with Europe's bourses, our own treasury markets, the euro, and even crude oil. Some pundits pointed to Germany's ... See all stories on this topic »

UK house prices drop as the European market slows Property Wire UK house price declines slowed during 2011 as the overall European housing market remained subdued, according to the new European Housing Review 2012 published today (28 February) by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. See all stories on this topic » Property Wire

Del Bosque mulls 'false nine' option Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog) MALAGA, Spain, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Fernando Torres's Spainteam mates are convinced the overlooked Chelsea forward will win back his place in the national team but with so many superb ball players to call on coach Vicente del Bosque has the option of ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)

Sweden friendly is acid test for Ireland, says Bilic Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog) ZAGREB, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Croatia's friendly with Sweden on Wednesday will be a good rehearsal for their Euro 2012 opener against Ireland, coach Slaven Bilic said on Tuesday. "The Swedes are not identical to Ireland but they have many things in common ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)

The Globe and Mail Globe and Mail One need only look to Greece as an example of state-sponsored profligacy with catastrophic consequences – a nation guardedly watched by Italy,Portugal Spain and Ireland (the PIIGS) – and of course by France and Germany, which are still bailing out ... See all stories on this topic »

Economic policy Europolitics.info By Sarah Collins | Tuesday 28 February 2012 European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has offered reassurances to a group of 12 EU leaders that the Union has a “clear strategy” to boost growth. In a letter sent to the governments of Spain, ... See all stories on this topic »

US Politics | AMERICAblog News: There are three Europe stories ... By Gaius Publius US Politics | AMERICAblog News ... Tuesday, February 28, 2012 ... The first problem is, How do the struggling European economies — the GIPSIs, meaning Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy — right themselves economically? US Politics | AMERICAblog News

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