By:
DON MELVIN
11/29/11 1:42 AM
With Italy sinking rapidly into financial chaos, the eurozone's 17 finance ministers scrambled Tuesday to find enough money to give their rescue fund a veneer of credibility and the markets some reason to believe their embattled currency won't break up.
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By:
DANIEL WOOLLS
11/20/11 3:16 AM
Spain's opposition conservatives swept commandingly into power and into the hot seat Sunday as voters enduring a 21.5 percent jobless rate and stagnant economy dumped the Socialists — the third time in as many weeks Europe's debt crisis has claimed a government.
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By:
The Associated Press
11/18/11 2:49 AM
Premier Mario Monti says he's going to Brussels next week to meet with the European Commission and the French and German leaders to map out his strategy for saving Italy from the debt crisis.
Monti announced the trip during a speech Friday to Italy's lower Parliament chamber ahead of a confidence vote for his new government.
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By:
COLLEEN BARRY
11/16/11 2:06 AM
Premier Mario Monti formed a new Italian government without a single politician Wednesday, drawing from the ranks of bankers, diplomats and business executives to create a team to steer Italy away from financial disaster.
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“If you die,” Crito pleaded with the imprisoned Socrates, “people who do not know you and me will believe that I might have saved you if I had been willing to give money, but that I did not care.” Socrates replied: “But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many?” With that reply, Socrates signaled his refusal to be released from jail through bribery and thence to flee Athens.
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