Trichet To Greece's Rescue? - Forbes
LONDON -- Europe was all abuzz with expectations for a European Union-led rescue attempt of Greece, following news on Tuesday that European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet was set to leave a meeting with the Reserve Bank of Australia in ...
Greece Raises Retirement Age by Two Years - Wall Street Journal
ATHENS—Greece's government was tackling the thorny issue of pension and wage reform Tuesday, part of its plan to fight a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide. Prime Minister George Papandreou's ...
Greece seeks pension, wage reform as strike looms - Forbes
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's government was tackling the thorny issue of pension and wage reform Tuesday, part of its plan to fight a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide. The cabinet come came as ...
Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions - Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS—Officials here are quick to scoff at talk of a bailout for crisis-racked Greece, the hardest-hit country in the euro zone, insisting Athens needs to get its fiscal house in order. But if the sovereign-debt worries that are infecting the ...
Futures lifted by Greece rescue talk - Town Hall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, buoyed by hopes that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece. Worries that rising debt in Greece, Portugal and other euro zone states could undermine a global recovery has ...
Dominion Provident Ventures, Inc. Update: Greece’s Fiscal Woes - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 09, 2010 – In 2009 Greece’s budget deficit reached 12.7% of GDP. Concern surrounding Greece’s response to the deficit has caused spasms in the bond markets. Dominion Provident Ventures, Inc. reports, citing the ...
Debt grind could leave Greece in long fiscal limbo - Denver Post
Pedestrians walk past sale signs in Athens, Greece, on Monday. Without the boost of a bailout or the catastrophe of a default, Greece may be stuck for years in an uphill struggle to gets its finances straight. (Kostas Tsironis, Bloomberg ) ATHENS ...
UPDATE 2-Greece proposes pension overhaul, defies unions - Forex Pros
ATHENS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Greece proposed an overhaul of its near-bankrupt pension system on Wednesday by raising the pension age and banning early retirement, defying pressure from unions on the eve of a 24-hour strike to protest at austerity ...
Greece's Debt Crisis Saddles Germany - NPR News
The huge national debts of Spain, Portugal, Italy and especially Greece are dragging down the Euro, and affecting U.S. stock prices. Shares fell sharply on Wall Street yesterday — in large part because of concerns about Europe's debt crisis. The ...
European stocks up cautiously on hopes for Greece - San Francisco Chronicle
European stocks rose cautiously Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide Greece with some form of support to handle its mountain of debt and keep the market crisis from spreading to other vulnerable countries. Although the European Investment ...
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Political ally: Sri Lankan presidential candidate arrested on sedition charges
A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges.
Haiti awash in Christian aid, evangelism
 The drama on the sidelines of Haiti's earthquake, in which 10 American missionaries were arrested trying to take children out of the country, was a fiasco waiting to happen. By Kari Huus.
Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women
 An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.
Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base
 The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness
Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality raising fears of increased drug resistance to a killer disease.
Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.
Chinese police shut down hacker training op
Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
Gulp! Sword artist’s record is hard to swallow
 Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.
Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
 Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue.
Observation deck of world’s tallest tower closed
 Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off public access to the building because of electrical problems.
Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico
A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City.
Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.
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