With an agreement over a multi-year $146 billion bailout for Greece, the European Union has, for now, staved off disaster.  Problems remain, the worst being that under EU rules, each contributor country now has the right to accept or reject its share of the burden.  Germany, where the public hates the bailout, is the biggest […]

The news from Greece continues to get worse.  As protests and demonstrations against the new austerity measures break out across the country, the euro was shaken yet again as investors worried about Greece.This time, though, investors aren’t worried about the math; the Greek cabinet has agreed to the latest round of spending cuts and the […]

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