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Greek Deficit Shoots Up; Citigroup Trader Probed for False Speculation

ATHENS, Greece -- This country's 2010 deficit shot up significantly more than anticipated, European Union data revealed today, signaling ailing attempts by the government in Athens to rein in the country's runaway finances and avoid a painful debt makeover. At 10.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product -- well...

Greece Proposes Spending Cuts, but Will They Be Enough?

NEWS ANALYSIS ATHENS -- Greece was heading for bankruptcy last year. It still is today, only now, its chances of fiscal recovery look bleaker, pundits and market analysts predict. The reasons? Half-baked fiscal reforms, shortfalls in revenue and a state debt expected to explode to over 160 percent of its gross domestic...

Will Propping Up Portugal Halt Spread of Insolvency in Europe?

ATHENS, Greece -- Following Greece and Ireland, Portugal, too, has requested a bailout from its European peers. But will Spain, a larger economy with stronger significance to global finance, follow? And more important, has European aid done anything to solve what appears to be a growing solvency problem. In answering at...

Greece's Credit Rating Crash Puts It in 'Junk' Land

ATHENS, Greece -- This country's credit rating has crashed once more, standing, now, on a par with Angola and Vietnam, and leaving the government in Athens jaded. Moody's Investor Services downgraded Greece's debt by three notches to "highly speculative" status -- way below even debt-troubled Ireland, Portugal and Spain....

Greek Riot Police Clash With Protesters as Strike Turns Violent

ATHENS, Greece -- In the latest sign of swelling social unrest, Greek riot police clashed with angry demonstrators in Athens today, marring a nationwide protest against continued austerity measures. The clashes sprang from a massive demonstration that drew an estimated 40,000 workers to the streets in the first major...