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  S&P Cuts EFSF Rating

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2012

  Standard & Poor's followed up its mass cuts to the credit ratings of eurozone countries on Friday with a cut in the credit rating of the European Financial Stability Facility on Monday. EFSF officials said that nonetheless the facility was well enough funded to cope with the eurozone debt...

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  Why You Should Care About the Greek Crisis

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  September 21, 2011

  Greek default fears are starting to infect Germany and its banks, which have significant holdings of Greek sovereign debt. And the infection is spreading to the U.S. because of close connections between U.S. and German banks.

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  Plan to Rescue German Banks Stokes Fears of Crisis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  September 9, 2011

  New German government plans to rescue its banks and insurers sent the clearest signal yet that a European banking crisis could be imminent.

• German Court Tosses Out Challenges to Greek Bailout

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 7, 2011

  Court challenges to Germany’s participation in the European Financial Stability Facility were thrown out on Wednesday, although the country’s top court warned that it was not granting “blanket” approval, and that the government must seek parliamentary approval for future bailout payments.

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  German Cabinet Approves Bigger Rescue Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2011

  The members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet gritted their teeth and passed a measure on Wednesday that would provide for a larger rescue fund in response to the euro zone debt crisis.

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  EU, IMF Deny Greek Restructuring Rumors; Markets Wary

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2011

  Although rumors of restructuring Greece's debt have been denied by Greece itself, the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), investors don’t believe them.

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  After Trichet, ECB Chief Is Likely to Be Italy’s Draghi

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 12, 2011

  The announcement by Axel Weber in February that he was withdrawing his name from consideration as the next head of the European Central Bank opened the field to other candidates, but as time has passed Mario Draghi, head of Italy’s central bank, has emerged as the strongest of those.

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  Government Bond Yields of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain Continue to Rise

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 28, 2010

  The bond markets, worried that Ireland's political situation could upset bailout plans and fearing contagion to other euro zone countries, widened bond spreads and demand for U.S. 10-year Treasuries and the German bund rising on Friday.

• EU Finance Ministers Approve Ireland Bailout

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 28, 2010

  EU officials unanimously approved a bailout plan for Ireland, and discussed building a permanent vehicle for future bailouts.

• Feeding the Yield-Hungry Investor With Global Bond Funds: Mutual Fund Focus, March 2010

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  March 24, 2010

  The dollars are flowing into foreign bond funds. Here are some of the best