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'Last Days' of the Euro Are Upon Us

The euro is about to go the way of the dodo, if Credit Suisse researchers are correct. if anyone has any investments in European stocks... more

Desperate for Users, RIM Slashes PlayBook Prices, Again

RIM is in a financial mess. The company took a near half-billion-dollar hit after deeply discounting PlayBooks for the first fire sale, more

How might Greece leave the euro?

Greece's latest woes have raised something that was previously unthinkable - the possibility of the Greek people rejecting the euro. How more

The Financial Crisis Was Entirely Foreseeable

It's Baaack: FT Deutschland: Deutsche Mark Returns, Costs 4.11 DM

didn't see this before, a bit of very ironic satire, but still, i don't think they are very far off, maybe only a few weeks off...

Germany and France Should Help Italy, Others Leave Euro Behind

can't actually believe i'm saying this, but i agree with a Fox News article. *winces waiting to catch on fire*

France confirms rating downgrade

and so it continues...

Britain prepares for Euro Collapse and 5bn bill to bailout Spain

Italy's yields almost double previous month
FTSE claws its way up after 0.5% fall more

FrAAAnce misses the point...

the downgrade is coming... and with it... more dominoes will fall... it's inevitable.

French Bonds, The Next Big Short?

If the market was all of the same mind, French bonds would be the biggest short seller target in the months ahead. Yields would rise almost more

Occupy Wall Street Banned From Democratic National Convention

hey... look how easy it is to legislate away constitutional rights!!! wow, if everyone knew how easy that was, i bet they'd have started more

Portugal sovereign credit rating gets knocked down to junk status

Fitch Rating agency downgrades Portugal to junk status due to the country’s high debts.
Portugal's Long term foreign and local currency more

Anxious Greeks Emptying Their Bank Accounts

sadly, i anticipate this will only accelerate & spread.

WikiLeaks Exposes Germany’s Euro Exit, Gold/Diamonds/Oil to ...

nothin new here really. this has looked more & more likely & is now being said a little more bluntly by some folks in high positions. :(

Chaos in Europe would hit world harder than Lehman Brothers

The economic shock from the fall of Europe’s economies “could be much larger than from the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008,” warns more

Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns

As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned more

Groupon Shares Sinking; IPO Gains Nearly Wiped Out

no one saw this one coming. oh, wait, yes, tons of us did, & predicted this to end badly. i pity all who gave up their good money to this more

Lessig: US Could Fall Like Rome

At the heart of the Occupy Wall St. movement, is discontent over the corruption in our political system. And the fact that it's money and more

Belgian 2012 budget rejected by European Commission

they asked for tighter financial regulation, here it is. wonder how long of an agonizing slide into the abyss, the Euro will have?

Euro crisis summit: The night Europe changed

it's only an inter-governmental set of treaties, not a full revision of the EU treaty as hoped. they don't even know if the EU courts & more