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Greece readies tax change to fight crisis
AP Online; 2/8/2010; 1184 words; ...or Italy. Greece's budget deficit reached...limit _ while the national debt was more than...GDP. This alarmed Greece's European Union partners...borrowing costs for Greece and other weak European...It has one central bank _ the European Central...

Equity firm pays [euro]45m for 69% Payzone stake
The Irish Times; 2/8/2010; 611 words; ...restructuring. Payzone's banks will also take...Payzone to its seven banks - which include AIB, Bank of Scotland, Royal...Scotland and Abbey National - will be reduced...yesterday. Payzone's largest shareholder...Ireland, Sweden, Greece and Romania, processing...

Another Greek tragedy unfolds
The Independent - London; 2/8/2010; 1335 words; ...Europe would be taken at the national level whereas monetary decisions...these circumstances, it's not difficult to generate...raise the European Central Bank's inflation target, thereby...near-term resolution of Greece's problems - and policymakers...

The mess the Pigs are in will affect us all
The Independent - London; 2/8/2010; 1191 words; ...big to fail? Or Greece? Or Portugal? It's a question that is...when applied to the banks, but it hasn't...Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain - are pushing...Why? Because their national finances are in such...that the world's governments - ie...

WELL, now we know what would have happened. Back in the early part of last year, the most frequently asked question here in Ireland was: "Will the IMF (International Monetary Fund) come in? Will the EU/ECB come to the rescue? What will the conditions be?".
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 2/6/2010; 1294 words; ...debt markets by the National Treasury Management...especially last month's '5bn loan from a group of banks -- meant we never...getting them from Greece, plus a few more...President Obama's budget, unveiled...mostly caused by bank losses -- had been...much harsher view of ...