Posts Tagged “mario draghi”

Europe hit by downgrade speculation

By | January 16, 2012

Italian Premier Mario Monti attends a debate at the lower chamber in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Monti says he would support a new tax on financial transactions so long as it applies to the European Union as a whole. Speaking after meeting Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Monti indicated his preference for such [...]

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Decision time for EU, with euro’s future at stake (Reuters)

By | December 6, 2011

PARIS (Reuters) ? The euro faces a decisive week as European Union leaders, urged on anxiously by the United States, seek agreement on a convincing rescue plan that has eluded them for two years. Despite short-term market optimism about a possible deal to tackle Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and underpin the survival of the single [...]

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Decision time for EU, with euro’s future at stake (Reuters)

By | December 6, 2011

PARIS (Reuters) ? The euro faces a decisive week as European Union leaders, urged on anxiously by the United States, seek agreement on a convincing rescue plan that has eluded them for two years. Despite short-term market optimism about a possible deal to tackle Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and underpin the survival of the single [...]

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