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Jan 23, 12 •
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There appears to be an element within the press that wants to over egg this pudding for all it’s worth, can they simply not let go of the potential for drama? Search as hard as you can there doesn’t appear to have been any recorded systemic change...
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Jan 19, 12 •
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Comments Off on I Am A Citizen, Not Of Athens Or Greece, But Of The World
“I Am A Citizen, Not Of Athens Or Greece, But Of The World” – Socrates (Ancient Greek Philosopher, 470 BC-399 BC) Greece’s government heads into a second day of intense talks with its private creditors in a push to reach an agreement that...
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Jan 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on A Tale Of Two Austerity Cities, Athens And Dublin
They are not too dissimilar in economic terms, Ireland is ranked as 48th on a global scale and Greece is ranked as 37th. The GDP per capita of Greeks is $27,875 (nominal, 2011 est.) and the GDP per capita of the Irish is $37,700 (estimate 2009-2010). There is...
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Jan 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Initial New Year Rally Appears To Have Faded
Despite the Nikkei index closing up the Hang Seng and CSI closed down in the overnight early morning session. European markets have followed suit, the majority of main bourses indices are down in the morning session. Reality and sobriety could be hitting the...
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Dec 22, 11 •
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Whilst investors are winding down for the year-end and trading volumes are set to dwindle, the threat of mass credit ratings downgrades for the euro zone countries still stalks the market. However, the European Central Bank lending programme yesterday eased...
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Nov 14, 11 •
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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...
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Nov 7, 11 •
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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...