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Can A Two Speed Europe Be The Route Forward, Or Will The Divisions Render It Unworkable?

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be warned today that he risks creating an unstoppable momentum behind a “two-speed Europe”, which would be dominated by France and Germany, if Britain seeks to gain political advantage by making demands for too many concessions during the eurozone crisis. In a series of meetings in Berlin and Brussels, […]

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Déjà Vu, The Uncanny Sense That We've Been Here Before

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At times it’s worth taking a step back from chaotic situations in order to evaluate the damage. This also provides the opportunity to establish what measures have been taken to move away from chaos into effective crisis management. A clearer picture can then emerge as to how the damage is being contained, repaired and what

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Just Above Zero Is The New Norm

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The current vogue in market analyst circles, when commentating on data produced by various government bodies or respected publishers, is to micro-analyse each minuscule movement and produce reams of discussion on each small variance. Whereas previously a movement of circa 0.5% would be regarded as irrelevant ‘noise’ given it could be a statistical blip or

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The Greeks And Romans Are To Make Sacrifices

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Sacrifices were the essential elements in Greek and Roman religious rituals. Sacrifices could be offered for thanksgiving, to ask for something, or to satisfy the gods. Sacrifices could be of meat, other food, or drink. The last are usually called libations. There were various types of animal sacrifice, including suovetaurilia, for a pig, ox, or

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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning To Breathe Free

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As the dust settles with regards to Greece and Italy can we expect their respective crises to ‘do a Libya’ and simply disappear from the mainstream media’s glare as if the crisis is over, or will the stark realisation emerge that nothing has changed other than (day by day) the problems get deeper as certain

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People Who Live In Glass Houses (or the Whitehouse) Shouldn't Throw Stones

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There’s a media ‘joke’ doing the rounds at the moment, it has all the wit of a German attempting stand up during an open mike session at the Comedy Club so please don’t shoot the messenger but here goes..there’s only one person who Obama can lose the 2012 election to, Angela Merkel.. Apparently the Washington

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The Sewage Hits The Fan In Jefferson County Alabama

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It’s difficult to know who the phrase “pouring money down the drain” is more appropriate for, the County officials who took on the debt, or the bond holders? What’s fascinating is just how deep and dirty the municipal bond market in the USA has become over recent years. The process is simple, if an area

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Lost Weekends Leading To A Lost Decade

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“It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam And double pneumonia in a single room And the sickest joke was the price of the medicine Are you laughing at me now? May I please laugh along with you?” – Lloyd Cole At times when the troika, IMF, the EU, the G7, or G20

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Italy's Genie Is Out Of The Bottle

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The headlines read; the parliament is convening in order to orchestrate a vote of confidence, or to potentially vote on new austerity measures, or to potentially dissolve parliament and create a new ‘unity government’ (an unelected coalition)..but this isn’t Greece this is Italy, largest debtor by measurement of government bonds there is and this debacle

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As Focus Shifts To Italy, Next In The Firing Line Will Be France

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Taking a step back it has been incredible to witness the ‘volte-face’ performed by Greek politicians. How quickly the door has been slammed in the face of the democratic process and how those politicians have re-grouped in order to protect the banks and markets is breath taking. Not once but twice in the space of

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