Austerity Will Sink Italy

Italy has taken the step of approving major austerity legislation, announced by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. This will see significant cuts in government spending. The move is being heralded as a new turning point in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis and a step towards salvation. Unfortunately, there is one point that policy-makers are failing to grasp in dealing with the crisis. REVIEW FURTHER

Italy Plan Approves Epic Austerity Move

ROME—Italy's new government unveiled austerity measures that European leaders and markets hope will form the first part of a wider European deal this week and mark a turning point in the battle to save the euro. REVIEW FURTHER

Calculating a Breakup of the EU Currency and How It May May Manifest Itself

Past breakups of currency unions provide some guideposts to how Europe's deepening financial crisis could end if its leaders can't find a solution. But its case is unique. REVIEW FURTHER.

The Winter of Forgotten Hope

By Grant de Graf

A chilly breeze blows across the Alps as winter approaches and politicians continue to search for an economic solution to what is being called the mother of all sovereign debt crises.

Europe spent years of dedicated service in building the Euro with its respective European partners, producing a currency that represented a significant part of the global economy. Today the vision which politicians rallied to support, lies in virtual tethers.

Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, predicts that Europe has weeks to decide, whether the Euro has legs. German Chancellor Merkel has issued a call for unity and stronger financial discipline among members. Does that mean that the end is nigh? Economically speaking almost everyone agrees, including the leading players within the EU, that in order to survive the Euro has to undergo some fundamental changes. Seemingly there is somewhat of a mismatch between the political determination of European leaders to protect its currency and the viability of the economic blueprint that is associated with the Euro. One ponders whether Europe's leaders have the economic skill and face to be able to structure a plan that can save Europe. Sometimes it takes a greater sense of courage and wisdom to release the eagle from capture, than to ensnare it. The art of falconry was never Europe's strong point.

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How to Play the Central-Bank Rescue

The question on investors' minds is whether this latest rally has legs, or whether it will fade away like so many others in the past few months. REVIEW FURTHER....

Germany Hits Panic Button

BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday made an urgent appeal for decisive political action—including quick changes to the European treaty—to fix the root causes of the euro-zone debt crisis that threatens to unravel Europe's single currency and plunge the global economy into recession. REVIEW

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Blair: Europe Has Only 'Weeks' to Solve Crisis

Austerity May Sink Greece As Thousands Protest

ATHENS—Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of the Greek capital on Thursday in opposition to government overhauls, a few days before lawmakers start debating a 2012 austerity budget. READ MORE...

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Weak Manufacturing In Euro Zone, China Darkens Global Outlook

The outlook for the global economy deteriorated Thursday, with surveys showing manufacturing activity contracted at an accelerated pace in the euro zone and U.K. in November and shrank for the first time in nearly three years in China. But the U.S., where factory activity expanded, managed to buck the trend.

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World-Wide Factory Activity, by Country

As the world sinks deeper into crisis and central banks around the globe rally to restore economic order, the single statistic that veteran analysts are viewing with hawked eyes, is World-Wide Factory Activity, by Country. This is the what they are seeing. VIEW THE INTERACTIVE...

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Mortgages In Foreclosure Have Risen To An All-Time High

From LPS Applied Analytics: LPS' Mortgage Monitor Report Shows Delinquencies Down Nearly 30 Percent from Peak, Foreclosure Inventory at an All-Time High  READ MORE...

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Are There Are Too Many Incubators?

Is the start-up market overcrowded?

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The 25 Most Famous Princeton Students Of All Time

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Close Ties Facilitated Central Banks' Coordinated Moves

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the world's other leading central bankers have developed close ties after fighting crises since 2007, which has made it easier for them to take swift action together when needed. And worries at the Fed and other central banks have been building since the summer that Europe's problems were boiling over into global markets.  READ MORE....

What Are Fed Swap Lines and What Do They Do?

What Are Fed Swap Lines and What Do They Do?  
"The Federal Reserve moved in coordinated action with foreign central banks this morning in order to provide a pressure-release valve for funding markets without exposing the U.S. central bank to much risk." READ MORE

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Central Banks Take Coordinated Action

Central Banks Take Coordinated Action 
WASHINGTON — The world's major central banks launched a joint action to provide cheap, emergency U.S. dollar loans to banks in Europe and elsewhere, a sign of growing alarm among policy makers about stresses in Europe and in the global financial system.

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Crisis in Europe Tightens Credit Across the Globe

Businesses Scramble as Credit Tightens in Europe

Europe’s worsening sovereign debt crisis has spread beyond its banks and the spillover now threatens businesses on the Continent and around the world.

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Breathtaking: World's 25 Most Beautiful Polluted Sunsets: #25 Paris, France

Breathtaking: World's 25 Most Beautiful Polluted Sunsets: #25 Paris, France

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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Plunge As Industry Struggles

Residential real estate prices dropped more than forecast in the year ended September, showing the industry at the center of the 2008 financial crisis continues to struggle. READ MORE...

U.K Caught On Wrong Foot As Economic Revelation Take Hold

Osborne Says Debt Challenge Greater Than Expected

LONDON—U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was Tuesday forced to admit for the second time this year that economic growth will be weaker and borrowing higher than he had hoped. READ MORE...

Spanish Retail Sales Crash

MADRID—Spain's retail sales fell at their fastest pace in four months in October, the country's national statistics agency INE said Tuesday, the latest indication of a likely late-year contraction in the euro zone's fourth-largest economy.

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3 Reasons Europe Is Failing To Act

Despite recent progress toward necessary fiscal reforms in Greece, Italy and Spain, bond investors have been abandoning European markets anddriving up yields. READ MORE...

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Ireland Enduring a Long Age of Austerity

Ireland enters its second year in the ungentle embrace of its bailout providers facing a further €3.8 billion ($5 billion) of budget cuts. It is by general acclamation the star pupil among the growing group of euro-zone members that have lost the confidence of bond investors, and the closest thing the currency area has to a success story.  READ MORE...

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The euro crisis: Could this be the plan?

Optimism for Euro May Be Shortlived READ MORE...

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Five lessons for making a difference in the world

But after nearly four decades of making small business “microloans” to women in the world’s poorest communities with my organization, FINCA International, I have developed a view as to what are the most important ingredients for success in social entrepreneurship READ MORE.

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Euro Bounces on Debt Solution Hope

Things are so bad, trader mentality suggesting that things can only get better.

European Economic Outlook and Level of Confidence Deteriates Significantly

PARIS—The global economic outlook has deteriorated significantly, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday, as it urged the European Central Bank to act decisively to prevent the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis from deepening and possibly dragging the U.S. economy to the brink of recession. READ MORE...

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Central Banks Ease Most Since 2009 to Avert Contagion

Central banks across five continents are undertaking the broadest reduction in borrowing costs since 2009 to avert a global economic slump stemming from Europe’s sovereign-debt turmoil. READ MORE...

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Euro area crisis threatens EU sovereign ratings: Moody's | Reuters

(Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service warned on Monday the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings. READ MORE

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How To Profit From The Euro Paradox

There’s an interesting paradox emerging in the EUR/USD exchange rate. READ MORE...

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