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Greece Given Until Sunday to Settle Debt Crisis or Face Disaster
July 8th, 2015
Frustrated European leaders gave Greece until Sunday to reach an agreement to save its collapsing economy from catastrophe after an emergency summit meeting here on Tuesday ended without the Athens government offering a substantive new proposal to resolve its debt ...
Ragin’ Contagion: When Debtors Go Broke, So Do Mercantilist Exporters
July 7th, 2015
Papering over the structural imbalances in the Eurozone with bailouts or bail-ins will not resolve the fundamental asymmetries in trade. Beneath the endless twists and turns of Greece‘s debt crisis lie fundamental asymmetries that doom the euro, the joint currency that ...
Greece Votes NO – Let The Chaos Begin…
July 6th, 2015
The result of the referendum in Greece is a great victory for freedom, but it is also threatens to unleash unprecedented economic chaos all across Europe. With almost all of the votes counted, it is being reported that approximately ...
Trillion-Dollar Stock Managers See Chaos on Greek ‘No’ Vote
July 6th, 2015
It shouldn’t have gotten this far. That’s the view of equity managers overseeing more than $3.7 trillion, who say the game of chicken between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and creditors threatens lasting damage to a European stock rally ...
What If You Had An Italian Bank Account? Or A Portuguese Bond?
July 3rd, 2015
Though it might yet drag on for weeks, months or even years, Greece’s drama can end in one of only two ways: Continued austerity which consigns its most vulnerable 50% to an endless “capital D” Depression, or some form ...
Greek meltdown has UAE tour operators scrambling for holiday alternatives
July 2nd, 2015
As the Greek debt crisis drags on, scaring away potential visitors, tour operators in the UAE are looking at alternative destinations for the summer. The Mediterranean nation is technically in arrears after having missed its €1.6 billion (Dh6.52bn) payment ...
Amazon to offer loans to sellers in China, 7 other countries
June 30th, 2015
Amazon.com Inc will launch its business loan program for small sellers later this year in eight more countries including China, where credit is becoming a key factor in competing for new vendors and grabbing market share. Until now, the e-retailer ...
Greece Risk May Pose Black Swan Dangers for Emerging Markets
June 30th, 2015
Here we go again. A flight to haven assets has begun as Greece’s economy faces a tailspin, sparking concern defaults and bank collapses could spill over to other European nations, and impose a global impact. This time, though, Europe ...
Many Italian banks fail to start trading Monday
June 29th, 2015
Several Italian banks failed to start trading on Monday as fears over a Greek debt default induced many investors to shed peripheral stocks, including Italian, with banks suffering the most. Sales orders on Italian stocks, in particular financial stocks, ...
Will A Deal Leave Greece in Ruins?
June 25th, 2015
Any deal Greece strikes with its creditors may be a big step in Greece’s long delayed post-crisis recovery. But the direction it takes still won’t be clear. Will the road look like Spain’s, or Italy’s? It makes a big ...
