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		<title>Europe doesn&#8217;t like the new iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/us-smartphones-europe-idUSTRE7BL0FU20111222</link>
		<comments>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/us-smartphones-europe-idUSTRE7BL0FU20111222#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple iphone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of Apple's iPhones are dropping in Europe due to the economic crisis and the lower prices of rival smart phones. The new iPhone 4S helped sales in the US and Britain, but failed to excite the rest of Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>Merkozy plan means more referendums</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/06/another-franco-german-plan-another-round-of-referendums-or-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/06/another-franco-german-plan-another-round-of-referendums-or-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past, the ratification of EU treaties by individual states has often been a timely and frustrating process. The new "Merkozy" plan will be no different, writes <b>Keshia Jacotine</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The euro death spiral</title>
		<link>http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/11/euro-crisis-5</link>
		<comments>http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/11/euro-crisis-5#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euro debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can the euro bounce back from the crashing markets, the huge national debt and the expensive bailout schemes? <em>Economist</em> blogger <b>R.A.</b> says the European Central Bank needs to move now, or it'll be too late to save the currency.]]></description>
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		<title>Greek debt deal vote worries markets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/greek-debt-deal-vote-worries-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/greek-debt-deal-vote-worries-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Papandreou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's vow to take the latest Eurozone debt plan to a referendum has thrown other European leaders and its markets into a panic.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>On the seventh day, God didn&#8217;t create coal-fired power stations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/on-the-seventh-day-god-didnt-create-coal-fired-power-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/on-the-seventh-day-god-didnt-create-coal-fired-power-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardinal George Pell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<title>The doubts are growing about the Euro settlement</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/10/30/the-doubts-are-growing-about-the-euro-settlement/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/10/30/the-doubts-are-growing-about-the-euro-settlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euro debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The money men who lend to governments had their first real opportunity on Friday to pass judgment on the latest extend and pretend European sovereign debt solution. <b>Richard Farmer</b> looks at what the commentariat are saying.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eurozone&#8217;s Halloween treat: a confection of silver linings and hot air</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/eurozones-halloween-treat-a-confection-of-silver-linings-and-hot-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/eurozones-halloween-treat-a-confection-of-silver-linings-and-hot-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The markets have seized on the latest European deal with relief. But it's another confection, and a humiliating one at that, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Markets soar after euro debt deal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/markets-soar-after-euro-debt-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/markets-soar-after-euro-debt-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: After 10 hours of negotiations, European leaders finally agreed on a bailout plan to cope with the eurozone debt crisis. The news was enough to rally world markets.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/markets-soar-after-euro-debt-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Euro bailout deal in doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/euro-bailout-deal-in-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/euro-bailout-deal-in-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The cancellation of a much-hyped meeting between European Union finance ministers in Brussels today, where it was hoped leaders would finally bang out a clear plan to solve the debt crisis, sent share markets tumbling.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/euro-bailout-deal-in-doubt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard rallies Commonwealth against Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/gillard-rallies-commonwealth-on-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/gillard-rallies-commonwealth-on-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Julia Gillard will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth today with a warning to Europe that it needs decisive action to cope with its financial crisis.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/gillard-rallies-commonwealth-on-europe/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Warnings about Italy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/10/05/warnings-about-italy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/10/05/warnings-about-italy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moody's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another financial downgrade for a European nation -- this time it is the ratings agency Moody’s declaring that “the Italian economy continues to face significant challenges..,” reports <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>World markets in freefall</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/world-markets-in-freefall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/world-markets-in-freefall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Investors are panicking, with world markets in freefall after a gloomy Federal Reserve outlook yesterday renewed fears of a global recession.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The fear infecting global markets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/the-fear-infecting-global-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/the-fear-infecting-global-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US credit rating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: If you were unsure of the magnitude of the current markets crash and downgrade of the US credit rating, the weekend's newspaper front pages from around the world drill the message home pretty quickly.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The gap is still widening</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/07/29/the-gap-is-still-widening/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/07/29/the-gap-is-still-widening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The real concern for Europe is if much larger economies of Italy and Spain get into difficulties, since it would be near-impossible to save them from defaulting on debts, notes <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey wrap: meet the new IMF chief</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/29/crikey-wrap-meet-the-new-imf-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/29/crikey-wrap-meet-the-new-imf-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss Kahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, quelle surprise, the job of head of the International Monetary Fund went to France's Christine Lagarde, continuing the seven-decade long tradition of having a European as boss of the financial regulator.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Greece repeat the tragedy of Argentina?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/19/draft-the-imf-greece-and-the-argentina-option</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/19/draft-the-imf-greece-and-the-argentina-option#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greek economy is struggling to keep afloat, but the European Union decided to delay its next cash injection until July. The <em>NY Times</em> has nine economists weigh in on the crisis and compare it to Argentina economic crash of the early 2000s.]]></description>
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		<title>Por fin, the Spanish protest unemployment with a touch of fiesta</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/por-fin-the-spanish-protest-unemployment-with-a-touch-of-fiesta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/por-fin-the-spanish-protest-unemployment-with-a-touch-of-fiesta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanish Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been dubbed the "Spanish Revolution", reminiscent of the workers uprising and social revolution in Spain during the civil war in the 1930s. The sad thing is, most of the thousands filling the streets of Spain in recent days are only wannabe workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: will collapse follow Greece&#8217;s debt marathon?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/maley-will-collapse-follow-greeces-debt-marathon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/maley-will-collapse-follow-greeces-debt-marathon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eurozone's sovereign debt crisis is again threatening to erupt, with growing disquiet that Greece's rescue plan is in deep trouble, and the country could be forced to restructure its debts, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: the pillars of European weakness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/24/maley-the-pillars-of-european-weakness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/24/maley-the-pillars-of-european-weakness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are hopes European Union’s latest round of stress tests will likely provide investors with some reassurance, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Greece sets a new record</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/01/05/greece-sets-a-new-record/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/01/05/greece-sets-a-new-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scepticism clearly remains about whether Greece will survive without renegotiating its debt. The market last night was demanding a record high 12.521% to hold the government’s 10 year bonds, reports <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>GDP data more evidence of fading boom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/gdp-data-more-evidence-of-fading-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/gdp-data-more-evidence-of-fading-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further evidence today that the Australian economy is not exactly booming. ]]></description>
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		<title>And financial regulators wonder why smart people don’t trust them&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/11/24/and-financial-regulators-wonder-why-smart-people-dont-trust-them/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/11/24/and-financial-regulators-wonder-why-smart-people-dont-trust-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only back in July that the international financial regulators gave the major Irish banks the tick of approval. Fast forward four months and it's a very different Ireland, notes <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Just a little Greek accounting error</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/11/15/just-a-little-greek-accounting-error/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/11/15/just-a-little-greek-accounting-error/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurostat, the statistical arm of the European Union, has just come up with revised figures for the Greek government’s budget deficit and debt. the deficit for 2009 has been increased from 13.6% of GDP to 15.4% with total debt now put at 126.8% of GDP, says <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Default of the Irish?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/default-of-the-irish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/default-of-the-irish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time is running out for Ireland. The debt-plagued country is being urged to accept a bailout to quell worries about its solvency, and to stop the turmoil in financial markets that is endangering weak members of the eurozone, says <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Not-so-lucky: Ireland&#8217;s economic woes worsen</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/not-so-lucky-irelands-economic-woes-worsen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/not-so-lucky-irelands-economic-woes-worsen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allied Irish Bank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe's economic woes are back in the headlines, with Ireland appeaing in the most immediate danger thanks with the mooted €35 billion cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank causing Ireland’s budget deficit to increase to an alarming 32% of GDP (ten times the EU limit). ]]></description>
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