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Greece Likely to Be Rated in Default: S&P
By Marlene Y. SatterWhatever debt swap arrangement Greece can work out with its creditors will likely still leave it with a default rating, according to John Chambers of Standard & Poors.
January 17, 2012
Q4 Earnings: Citi Misses Earnings on Lower ResultsAt Citigroup, loans improved, but sales and profitsincluding those from its Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venturedeclined year over year.
January 16, 2012
Downgrades Hit Europe; PIMCO's Gross Sees Greek DefaultFriday the 13th turned out to be very unlucky indeed for the euro zone, as Standard & Poor's downgraded nine countries in the bloc, including triple-A rated France and Austria, and put 14 of the 17 countries on negative outlook.
January 13, 2012
Europe Hit by Downgrade Speculation (Washington Post)The euro hit its lowest mark in over a year Friday on fears of a widespread European downgrade, in a sour end to what had been one of Europes brightest weeks since the debt crisis intensified.
January 09, 2012
Has U.S. Economic Policy Reached the Point of No Return?Looking at the numbers on taxes, deficit spending and the money supply.
January 06, 2012
Gold at $10,000? Bullion Buff Barisheff Makes the CaseNick Barisheff offers a spirited defense of golds inevitable rise, arguing that increasing governmental indebtedness and currency debasement make todays gold price insignificant.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.