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Can Mario Monti save Italy — and the euro?
Rome — It has become the new paradox of European economic policy: There is no saving the euro without saving Italy, and there is no saving Italy without saving the euro. Which perhaps explains why...
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The European Central Bank offers unlimited aid to euro zone members — but...
Mario Draghi / Hannelore Foerster – BLOOMBERG Bloomberg reports European Central Bank head Mario Draghi may finally take action to help struggling euro zone members. But there are plenty of strings...
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The European Central Bank will buy bonds. But there are many strings attached.
Mario Draghi (Thierry Charlier/AFP/Getty Images) As anticipated, Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, has announced that he’ll buy up unlimited amounts of Spanish and Italian debt, but only...
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Berlusconi’s back, but the Eurozone crisis isn’t
The Eurozone crisis has been going on for three years now, though it sometimes feels like three decades. There has been remarkable sameness to the pattern throughout that time: Political leaders offer...
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Everything you need to know about Italy’s messed-up elections
Pier Luigi Bersani, the likely next prime minister of Italy and leader of the social democratic party. (Luca Bruno — AP) Results from Italy’s election — held Sunday and Monday — are trickling in, and...
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The scary politics of the euro zone
Confused by all the talk of Cyprus? Don’t be. Here’s the situation in three sentences: The country’s banks were using Russian deposits to buy Greek bonds. The Greek bonds went bad, and the Cypriot...
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Cyprus, Luxembourg, Italy or Malta: Which country will unravel the euro zone?
Cyprus’s president says that country’s economic crisis is now contained, and it won’t need to leave the euro. But even if you believe him, that hardly means Europe is out of the woods. Slovenia was...
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