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The attempt to push new regulations down the throats of private equity firms and hedge funds by the European Union has a growing amount of opposition, as a vote has been put off for the third time as agreement can't be reached on the degree the regulations sho...
Business (May 11th, 10)
Business (May 11th, 10)
The announcement that the European Union would be offering just under $1 trillion to support and/or bailout the irresponsible countries in the region, has many people wondering how much damage that may end up doing to companies with a large presence there, as ...
Business (May 11th, 10)
Business (May 11th, 10)
The violence spreading across Greece because of the culture of entitlement rampant in the country shows the future of all those countries with socialist tendencies who think they can buy themselves political favor by offering constituents and citizens wages, p...
Business (May 5th, 10)
Business (May 5th, 10)
Jacques Cailloux, chief Europe economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland, says the sovereign debt crisis has "gone past the point of no return.”
That has led to speculation the European Central Bank may had to step in bond markets in southern Europe are t...
European Union (Apr 28th, 10)
European Union (Apr 28th, 10)
The incredible, unfolding disaster in Europe continues to get worse, as Standard & Poor's announced they've cut the credit rating of Greece to junk status while downgrading Portugal two places from A+ to A-.
Greece's long-term credit rating was slashed fr...
European Union (Apr 27th, 10)
European Union (Apr 27th, 10)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lashed out at criticism from the EU Commission over the growing deficit in the U.K., which they are responding to much too slowly, according the the Commission.
A report due to be released on Wednesday was leaked early, whi...
United Kingdom (Mar 16th, 10)
United Kingdom (Mar 16th, 10)
After a lot of debate and strong resistance, it looks like Greece may be the recipient of up to $33.7 billion in aid from those countries using the euro as a currency, according to German magazine Der Spiegel.
The magazine reported that the money will be dist...
European Union (Feb 20th, 10)
European Union (Feb 20th, 10)
What has been going on in the country of Greece, as well as the other member countries of the European Union (EU) lately? In a story that many in the United States can relate to, the country of Greece has gone on a deficit funded spending spree under the ass...European Union (Feb 12th, 10)
The 16 nation bloc Euro Zone, which shares the common Euro currency, grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2009, officially ending five quarters of economic contraction. Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency, reported that gross dom...European Union (Nov 15th, 09)