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Breaking News Fri, 12 Mar 2010
An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
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 USA Today 
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By John Waggoner, USA TODAY The U.S. will spend about $1.8 trillion more than it gets in revenue this year. Next year, it will add an estimate... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Athens   Economy   Greece   Photos   Recession  
 Business Report 
Greek unions strike over spending cuts
  | Public transport halted as workers slam fiscal shambles | By Elena Becatoros Athens | Submit your comment | Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with o... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Acropolis, Athens, Greece  Daily Star Lebanon 
Greece hit by fresh wave of nationwide strikes over austerity plan
| Friday, March 12, 2010 | - Powered by | ATHENS, Greece: Protesters clashed with riot police as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens Thursday during a nationwide general strike agai... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Athens   Economy   Greece   Photos   Protesters  
Riot Police clash with rioters during a demonstration against the Greek government's austerity plan in Athens Thursday, March 11, 2010.  The New York Times 
New Strike Paralyzes Greece
| ATHENS — Most international travel was halted and public services thrown into disarray on Thursday as thousands of Greek workers protesting austerity measures staged a general strike. Yiorgos ... (photo: AP / Nikolas Giakoumidis)
Debt   Economy   Greece   Photos   Protest  
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An investor looks at an electronic stock board at a securities company in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. South Korea's benchmark stock index has closed a record 11.95 percent higher and the won surges following a currency credit deal between the U.S. and South Korean central banks. The New York Times
Bank of Korea Keeps Interest Rate at Record Low
| Filed at 2:27 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate at a record low Thursday amid international sovereign debt conc... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Bank   Economy   Finance   Korea   Photos  
Members of Greece's main GSEE trade union hold a mock funeral with a coffin standing for the Greek economy surrounded by wreaths from Greece's international partners in central Athens on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. BBC News
Greece set for second general strike in a month
| Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike. | The stoppage is in ... (photo: AP / Marita Pappa)
Economy   Financial Crisis   Greece   Photos   Protest  
New Slovenian euro coins are seen in Ljubljana, in this, Dec. 15, 2006 photo. The euro will be Slovenia's currency as of Jan. 1, 2007. The tiny alpine country is becoming the 13th nation using the single European currency, a switch Prime Minister Janez Jansa called the "biggest national achievement" since this former Yugoslav country joined the European Union in 2004. Gulf News
Euro, pound slip on debt worries
| London: Concerns over Europe's fiscal problems hit the euro and sterling Wednesday, while world stocks hovered near their recent six-week highs, though they were still ... (photo: AP / Denis Sarkic)
Currency   Europe   Financial Crisis   Photos   UK  
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street is finishing a tumultuous month on a high note as investors load up on technology and financial shares on the last day of the quarter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) The New York Times
Wall Street Shares Try to Push Higher
| Shares on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday after the government said businesses trimmed their inventories again in January. | The Commerce Department said that wholes... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
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A Look at Global Economic Developments The New York Times
A Look at Global Economic Developments
| Filed at 1:52 p.m. ET | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | BEIJING -- China's exports surged in ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Market   Money   Photos   Trade  
Demonstrators attempt to pull down entrance gates at the northen Greek port of Thessaloniki on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. Riot police fired tear gas and clashed with striking dockworkers. Several hundred demonstrators gathered at Thessaloniki harbor to protest the planned privatization of container terminals and facilities there and at Piraeus port near Athens. Lexington Herald-Leader
Greek strike to shut down services Thursday
| AP Photo - A stray dog takes a nap, as laid-off airline workers block a street in central Athens and block access to the Finance Ministry's General Accounting Office, T... (photo: AP / Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
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- Greek measures to prolong recession, trim yields
- EU to discuss bond sale to fund Greece bailout
- Lingering doubts over Greece debt
- European Aid Fund Deserves a Look, Trichet Says
An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
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Society and Culture Entertainment
- Greek measures to prolong recession, trim yields
- EU Game Plan: Muddling Through the Debt Crisis
- Some serious attention paid to 'A Serious Man'
- Greece Has All Chances To Send Euro Down and Split EU
Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurria gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.
OECD: gov'ts must cut deficits, boost regulation
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- Some serious attention paid to 'A Serious Man'
- 1963's "Jason and the Argonauts" still sails a
- The Greek Theatre and Gibson Amphitheatre announce 2010 Prem
- Video: Greece wants confidence vote from EU
Liam Neeson at the TIFF premiere of The Other Man. Sunday September 7, 2008.
Harry Hamlin looks back fondly on cult-classic 'Titans'
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Travel Sport
- Huge Waves Kills 2 on Mediterranean Cruise Ship
- Huge Waves Kills 2 on Cruise Ship in Mediterranean
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- Panathinaikos beats Maroussi 82-79
- Greece to investigate match-fixing claims
- Greece to investigate match-fixing claims
- Europa League Preview: Panathinaikos – Standard Liege
Marseille's Mamadou Niang reacts, after scoring a goal against Saint-Etienne during their French League One soccer match in Saint-Etienne
Senegal stun World Cup-bound Greece in friendly
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