NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday as appetite for riskier assets returned after a pledge by European leaders to support debt-ridden Greece eased fears of a possible sovereign default. Initially stocks had wavered in choppy trade due to a lack of specifics on the European Union’s proposals. By midday Wall Street mounted a [...]
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Is Greece’s debt trashing the euro?
February 7th, 2010
admin ATHENS: Dimitris Damianidis is a high school teacher and a strong supporter of Greece’s socialist government.But that won’t deter him from going on strike with hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers next week to fight for the 28,000-euro pension that he expects to receive annually after he turns 60 next year. “Why should [...]

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