http://grreporter.com News & Facts Greece Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:03:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are credit-market speculators really to blame for Greece's woes? Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Weil has his doubts http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=13gtcmecu/*http%3A//www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-10/greece-lifts-a-page-from-citigroup-s-playbook-jonathan-weil.html Protesters took to the streets of Athens on Thursday over government austerity measures. But anger is also growing in Germany at being asked to finance the Greece debt bailout. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=13e5p5es7/*http%3A//www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0311/As-Athens-protests-Germany-scoffs-over-Greece-debt-bailout More than 20,000 Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Thursday to protest planned government spending cuts and to express their anger over Germany’s refusal to provide financial assistance to ease the Greece debt crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=11obncd55/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100311/wl_csm/286821_1 Anger is rising in Greece a week after leaders announced a new austerity package to rein in the deficit, with protesters taking to the streets and workers walking off the job http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=12k8ibfh9/*http%3A//www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1971491,00.html?xid=rss-topstories The dollar eased against the euro and the pound Thursday as Greece announced additional salary cuts and tax hikes to deal with its ballooning deficit, while China reported a jump in inflation. A steep rise in prices could force China to raise interest rates,... Inflation - Interest rate - Deficit ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=12obmrm5p/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/11/financial/f141751S96.DTL Greece has been crippled in the second general strike in two weeks against austerity measures. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=134ea3b1g/*http%3A//bigpondnews.com/articles/Business/2010/03/12/Greece_crippled_by_second_strike_439014.html March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The euro rose against most of its major counterparts as German government bonds dropped to the lowest level in more than two weeks on optimism Greece’s budget- deficit crisis has been contained. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=1245c8kjp/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=aGQQLWezEPhY The dollar eased against the euro and the pound Thursday as Greece announced additional salary cuts and tax hikes to deal with its ballooning deficit, while China reported a jump in inflation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=11s5704sf/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar_9 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=13e62m3fk/*http%3A//www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-greece-financial-crisis,0,3275016.story?track=rss March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The euro rose against most of its major counterparts as German government bonds dropped to the lowest level in more than two weeks on optimism Greece’s budget- deficit crisis has been contained. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/greece/SIG=124o7ff0e/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=a.JQoibzem74