November 30, 2010 Deutsche Bank Chief Says Mistrust of Spain Unjustified Investors’ mistrust of Spain is unjustified and problems in the banking industry are “manageable,” Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann said, as Europe’s debt crisis intensified. Europe’s...
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Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank AG, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
Today in Euro Crisis History: That Was Then
Today in Euro Crisis History: Groundhog Day
November 29, 2011 GREEK AID PAYMENT CLEARED BY EURO-AREA MINISTERS Europe’s debt crisis only seems like it has gone on forever. This series of blog posts looks at headlines from this date in previous years that highlight the roots, twists...
Read more »Today in Euro Crisis History: Law of Unintended Consequences
November 28, 2010 EU Backs Debt Rules Calling for Investor Losses in Bailouts (Repealed in December, 2011.) European finance leaders backed a Franco-German compromise on post-2013 sovereign bailouts that waters down calls by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for investors to...
Read more »Today in Euro Crisis History: Ivy League Brain
November 27, 2008 Yale’s Shiller Says Crisis May Run for ‘Years and Years’ Europe’s debt crisis only seems like it has gone on forever. This series of blog posts looks at headlines from this date in previous years that highlight...
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The headquarters of Greece's central bank in Athens, on May 17, 2012.
Today in Euro Crisis History: Call of the Millennium
November 26, 2009 Greek Bank Stocks Are ‘Buying Opportunity,’ Nomura Analysts Say Greek banks won’t face “liquidity problems,” and recent share declines represent a “buying opportunity,” analysts at Nomura Holdings Inc. said. Europe’s debt crisis only seems like it has...
Read more »Today in Euro Crisis History: Annnals of Fortune Telling
November 23, 2009 NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SEES NO PROBLEM FINANCING GOVT DEBT November 23, 2010 Merkel Sees ‘Serious’ Risk of Serial European Bailouts German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the prospect of serial European bailouts was “exceptionally serious,” sending the...
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Tiny Slice of Budget Devours 100% of EU’s Political Energy
A sum equal to 1 percent of the European Union’s gross domestic product devoured 100 percent of the bloc’s political energy as leaders squared off over subsidies for everything from bridges and windmills to olive trees and the dwindling honeybee...
Read more »Today in Euro Crisis History: Thanksgiving Memories
November 22, 2006 Goldman Sachs Joins Group of U.S. Stocks Trading Above $200 (Close on Nov. 21, 2012: $117.70) Europe’s debt crisis only seems like it has gone on forever. This series of blog posts looks at headlines from this...
Read more »Today in Euro Crisis History: Domino Theory
November 21, 2010 IRELAND REQUESTS RESCUE, EUROGROUP SAYS Europe’s debt crisis only seems like it has gone on forever. This series of blog posts looks at headlines from this date in previous years that highlight the roots, twists and turns...
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Supporters of Spanish Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy celebrate on Nov. 20, 2011
Today in Euro Crisis History: Peaking Too Soon
November 20, 2011 Spain’s Rajoy Wins in Landslide as Crisis Punishes Socialists People’s Party leader Mariano Rajoy won the biggest parliamentary majority in a Spanish election in more than a quarter century, giving him a free hand to overhaul an...
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