Giannoulias, Kirk, and Broadway Bank
- Steve Sheffey - The Huffington Post
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- March 11, 2010
While we try to sort through the facts about Broadway Bank, let's not forget the most important fact of all: Unless it turns out that Alexi Giannoulias did anything illegal--and no one is alleging tha...
Greece's Problem Is Everyone's Problem
By Edward D. Hess - Business Week
Why is Greece's current financial problem everybody's problem? Not just because what happens anywhere in the global economy affects what happens everywhere else. R...
Euro Unity? It’s Germany That Matters
- The New York Times
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- March 09, 2010
Ten years after the euro, it’s still all about Germany, which isn’t the way it was supposed to be, Celestine Bohlen of Bloomberg News writes in her latest column.
In the run-up to the common curren...
Greece Is Not an Island
- George A. Papandreou - The New York Times
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- March 09, 2010
My country’s economic plight has dominated headlines for months. While many commentators have focused on the underlying problems within Greece, less attention has been paid to my government’s determin...
Nazi Gold starts a German-Greek war of words
- Andy Dabilis - New Europe
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- March 08, 2010
If there was anything the Nazis loved more than killing everyone who didn’t have blonde hairs and blue eyes, it was gold, and they plundered it from every bank they could find during World War II. It ...
Bubbles in the Air & Sharks in the Water: Disaster Pays
- Nikolaos A. Stavrou
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- March 06, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It will be an error to attribute the financial collapse of 2008-2009 to the mysterious “market forces”. The financial tsunami that wiped out over twelve trillion dollars of wealth i...
The Greek Crisis, Glass Houses and European Disunion
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- March 06, 2010
NEW YORK - Over the past few months, Greece has been on the receiving end of heavy criticism by its European peers over its finances. And while its true that a lot of Hellas' economic woes are its own...
The Ghosts of Economic Nazis still Haunt Greece
- Andy Dabilis
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- March 06, 2010
Greeks old enough to remember World War II and the occupation by the German army can also recall the withering Greek resistance that broke the spirit of even the Third Reich and made Nazis hide in cit...
The Current Greek Crisis and the Baggage of the Past
- Dr. Andre Gerolymatos
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- March 06, 2010
VANCOUVER, B.C. - A great many people in and out of Greece are pondering why has the country reached such a pathetic state of financial chaos and systemic corruption. One British historian, and a dist...
Out of the Ashes: Innovating with Meaning
- Dr. ALEX - Pattakos
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- March 06, 2010
SANTA FE, N.M. - Innovation is a very hot topic these days. Let’s face it, we’re currently in a period of what could be called creative destruction and efforts by all sectors and industries to revita...
Why Europe Will Bail out Greece - Eventually
- Silvia Wadhwa - CNBC
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- March 05, 2010
No doubt, what the Greeks put on the table in cost cutting and savings is - as ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet put it - "what was required", and there was a collective European sigh of relief that t...
Lessons from the Greek Budget Debacle
- Daniel J. Mitchell - Cato Institute
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- March 04, 2010
Fiscal crises have a predictable pattern.
Step 1 occurs when the economy is prospering and tax revenues are growing faster than forecast.
Step 2 is when politicians use the additional money to i...
Sure sign the Greek crisis is over
- David Callaway
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- March 04, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Blame, in all its forms, is a lagging indicator. So when politicians and regulators start assigning it, the storm is usually over, as it certainly is now with the Greek ...
Dear Americans: Get Ready To Bail Out Greece
- John Carney - Business Insider
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- March 03, 2010
It is becoming increasingly likely Greece may ask the International Monetary Fund for a bail out now that Germany is making it all to clear it won't be providing aide.
And since the United States is ...
Can harsh steps solve Greek crisis?
- Andrew Torchia
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- March 03, 2010
Austerity steps announced by Greece on Wednesday may pave the way for European Union government aid, easing fears that Greece could lose its ability to borrow from debt markets at affordable rates.
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Paris, Berlin might find Greek bailout profitable
- Pierre Briancon - Reuters Breakingviews
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- March 01, 2010
PARIS, March 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Forget for a moment the headline-grabbing numbers and the political and financial drama, which supposedly includes a European Union Greek bailout worth tens of...
Cleaning up Greece's Augean Stable
- Eric Margolis - The Huffington Post
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- February 26, 2010
One of zillionaire Warren Buffet's best "bon mots" was that when the tide goes out, you can see who is not wearing a bathing suit.
The financial tides just receded in Greece, leaving its new govern...
Let’s Not Get Hysterical - Greek Problems Can be Fixed
- Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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- February 26, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Greeks usually manage to cause outsize crises. With a GDP equivalent only to about 4% of the euro zone, Greece by itself threatens the very basis of Europe. The Greek crisis ...
Golden Arches over Acropolis? How Greece Can Pay its Debts
- Andy Dabilis
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- February 26, 2010
The Persians couldn’t do it, nor the Turks, Franks, Venetians, Nazis or anybody else who thought they could defeat Greece and rule the country forever, even if they successfully invaded and stayed for...
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