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• Cyprus Will Be Fifth to Ask for Bailout

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 4, 2012

  The country has already asked Russia for a 5 billion-euro loan.

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  Global Investing and Election: 6 Key Strategies by 6 Top Analysts

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 4, 2012

  To sort out the pros and cons of international investing this election season, AdvisorOne went straight to the source for some of the best commentary from thought leaders in asset management.

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  Germany Said to Stall Spain on Bank Rescue

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  Just when it seems that Spain has made up its mind at last to ask for a bailout for its banks, Germany is said to be pushing Madrid to wait.

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  EU Group Calls for Firewall on Risky Investment Banking

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  An EU advisory group said that the risks of investment banking should be separated from retail banking activities as a means of protecting depositors and taxpayers.

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  Greece’s Budget to Frontload Cuts

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2012

  A government official has said that the Greek draft budget frontloads cuts to return the country to a surplus in 2013, but at the cost of shrinking its economy for a sixth straight year.

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  ECB Conditions, IMF Oversight Stall Aid: Monti

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 28, 2012

  Monti said conditions should be limited to those already imposed on the countries working to control their finances.

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  Troika’s Internal Strife Stalls Greek Deal

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 27, 2012

  As tensions in Greece over additional troika-decreed austerity measures mount, spurring demonstrations and protests, tensions are mounting within the troika itself.

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  Greece Hit With Major Strike Over New Austerity Measures

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 26, 2012

  Calling the latest round of austerity measures “unbearable” and “unfair,” strikers in Greece shut down everything from transportation to shopping as they demonstrated in the first major protest since the accession of the coalition government in June.

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  Through the Looking Glass

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  DoubleLine’s Jeff Gundlach hosted a Web seminar in mid-September titled, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall,” a theme he’s trumpeted in a number of venues recently.

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  German Confidence Drops Again

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 24, 2012

  German business confidence fell once more in September, this time to its lowest level in two and a half years, as growth slowed as well. Economists had expected it to move in the other direction.