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Euro rises, stocks rally on EU crisis plan

Euro rises, stocks rally on EU crisis plan The euro rose and Asian stocks jumped on Monday after the European Union and IMF carved out an emergency loan package of up to 750 billion euros ($1 trillion) to keep Greece’s debt crisis from spreading through the euro zone. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Futures Rise on Greece Aid Package, Airline Merger

Futures Rise on Greece Aid Package, Airline Merger Stock futures were pointing toward a positive open Monday as investors digest a $146 billion bailout package for Greece, following weeks of negotiations, along with announced merger in the airline industry. Read more on Fox News

European Stocks Post Weekly Decline on Debt Concern; Banks Drop

European Stocks Post Weekly Decline on Debt Concern; Banks Drop May 1 (Bloomberg) — European stocks posted the biggest weekly drop since February on concern that Greece’s debt crisis will spread across the region. Read more on Bloomberg

Europe debt crisis deepens after Spain downgrade

Europe debt crisis deepens after Spain downgrade Europe’s debt crisis deepened after Spain was slapped with a credit downgrade and pressure mounted for urgent approval of a giant bailout for Greece that could run to 120 billion euros. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News

Markets hammer Greek debt, Germany extends uncertainty

Markets hammer Greek debt, Germany extends uncertainty Germany set tough terms on Monday for Greece to secure emergency aid, extending uncertainty over a financial rescue that pushed the cost of insuring against a Greek debt default to a record high. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Global financial officials send tough-love message on emergency aid to drowning-in-debt Greece

Global financial officials send tough-love message on emergency aid to drowning-in-debt Greece WASHINGTON – Tough times require tough love, world finance officials are telling a drowning-in-debt Greece: adopt no economic austerity overhaul, expect no emergency loans. Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

California Debt Beats Greece’s in Bond Sales: Credit Markets

California Debt Beats Greece’s in Bond Sales: Credit Markets April 1 (Bloomberg) — The bond market is showing California is no Greece. Debt issued by California, the world’s eighth-largest economy, is outperforming Greece’s bonds as funds including Cumberland Advisors say investors are betting the lowest-rated U.S. state’s credit risk has been exaggerated. Read more on [...]