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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 8:11 am ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's once-thriving sex industry has become the latest victim of the country's debt crisis as Greeks spend less on erotic toys, pornography and titillating underwear. About 50 people, almost all young men, lined up on Friday as the Athens Erotic Dream - Greece's biggest sex fair - opened its gates in a nondescript building squeezed against a highway on the outskirts of the ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 4:08 pm ET
May 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Rally of Greece official result on Sunday 1. Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen 4:42:03.300 2. Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Citroen +00:40.000 3. Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Ford 03:04.800 4. Mads Ostberg (Norway) Ford 06:16.400 5. Martin Prokop (Czech Republic) Ford 07:46.500 6. Thierry Neuville (Belgium) Citroen 09:41.400 7. Sebastien Ogier (France) Skoda 12:59.900 8 ...
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The Irish Times - 34 minutes ago
THE GREEK legal profession is being hit by a tidal wave of enforced change in an extremely short period of time. The mood among the leaders of the profession is a mixture of anger, bewilderment and something close to despair. The profession has been on strike, on and off, for months.
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The Motley Fool - Sun May 27, 9:27 am ET
Greece, Spain and Phantom Bank Runs
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New York Times - Sat May 26, 5:38 pm ET
Greece entered the final stretch of their Euro 2012 preparations with a low-key 1-1 draw against Slovenia in a friendly in Austria on Saturday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 6:55 am ET
(Reuters) - Central banks and companies risk making a grave error if they do not brace for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, Belgium's foreign minister said on Friday, rattling markets already alarmed by Spain's deteriorating finances. Greek elections are scheduled for June 17 and could hasten the country's departure from the currency club should a government intent on ripping up the ...
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Telegraph via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Sun May 27, 7:05 am ET
Former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos has reportedly warned that Greece may run out of money by the end of June if international bailout funds are cut off following next month's election.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 10:11 am ET
MILAN (Reuters) - There is better than 50 percent chance that Greece will leave the euro, the chairman of Italy's number three lender, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena said on Sunday, while he was confident the single currency bloc would survive. Alessandro Profumo, formerly CEO of UniCredit and one of Italy's best-known bankers abroad, said he was concerned that Europe was in "stalemate" but ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 4:34 pm ET
Greek web users waged Facebook war against IMF head Christine Lagarde on Sunday after she accused their countrymen of dodging taxes.
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TVNZ - Sun May 27, 3:06 pm ET
Greece's conservatives have regained an opinion poll lead that would allow the formation of a pro-bailout government committed to keeping the country in the euro zone, a batch of new surveys showed on Saturday
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Sydney Morning Herald - Sun May 27, 10:22 am ET
Greece's New Democracy party placed first in all six weekend opinion polls published as its leader Antonis Samaras said the cost of leaving the euro area would be greater than staying in the shared currency.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 10:18 am ET
ATHENS, May 27 (Reuters) - Sebastien Loeb produced afaultless display on the final day of the Rally of Greece to winthe event for the third time after main rival Petter Solbergcrashed out. The French world champion began the day in his Citroen DS3WRC with a 10.2 seconds advantage over Solberg but after hisNorwegian rival crashed on the opening test of Sunday's fivestages, Loeb finished 40 ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat May 26, 3:27 pm ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives have regained an opinion poll lead that would allow the formation of a pro-bailout government committed to keeping the country in the euro zone, a batch of new surveys showed on Saturday. Greece was forced to call repeat elections for June 17 after a May 6 vote left parliament divided evenly between groups of parties that support and oppose the austerity ...
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Chinapost.com.tw - Sun May 27, 12:05 pm ET
ATHENS -- Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned Greece may run out of money by the end of June if international bailout funds are cut off following next month's election, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Bloomberg - 8 minutes ago
The euro strengthened for the first time in five days, U.S. equity-index futures advanced and oil gained after Greek opinion polls showed voters backing parties that support the European Union’s bailout, easing concern the country will exit the currency bloc.