Spain: The 2nd Domino

“European officials travel to Washington this week seeking a bigger global war chest to combat the debt crisis as Spain’s government battles to quell renewed market turmoil over its finances.“

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-15/euro-area-to-seek-bigger-imf-war-chest-as-spain-concerns-mount.html

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Spain: ‘We’re back in full crisis mode’

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/04/spain_were_back_in_full_crisis_mode.html

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Spain and Italy borrowing rates soar in latest auctions

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0424/spain-borrowing-rate-soars-for-short-term-debt.html

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“Greece, Portugal, and Spain are now all officially in a recession, and France, the Netherlands, and England aren’t far behind.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/04/europe_back_in_recession_are_we_next.html

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“Spain’s sickly economy faces a ‘crisis of huge proportions’, a minister said on Friday, as unemployment hit its highest level in almost two decades and Standard and Poor’s downgraded the government’s debt by two notches.“

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-spain-economy-idUSBRE83Q0BQ20120427

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“Investors fear the unknown cost of rescuing [Spain’s banking] industry could derail efforts to stem a rapid rise in Spain’s sovereign debt and avert a bail-out.“

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/spain-swoops-rescue-major-bank-003920430.html

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Spain’s poorest region suffers 32% unemployment

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/03/spain-poorest-region-unemployment

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Spanish youth urged to seek work abroad

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2018cf0-9467-11e1-8e90-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tlf0fGKR

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Unexpected slowdown in US factory activity adds to global market woes as European shares sink on disappointing Spanish bond auction.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9271371/Debt-crisis-live.html

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Spain falls into recession amid fears of eurozone bank run

http://news.yahoo.com/spain-slides-back-recession-first-quarter-073134907.html

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Europe rocked by Spanish banking crisis

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-rocked-by-spanish-banking-crisis-7763992.html

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Spain’s Bankia asks for $24B in state aid

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQ6FuLwjWeq5wcVU-QeZpvSrlQUQ?docId=9fdf3481332746afb9076ee686ad61dd

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Scramble for safety as Spain fears grow

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9cb03b4c-a886-11e1-be59-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1wNDKhuI5

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Spain faces ‘total emergency’ as fear grips markets

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9301270/Spain-faces-total-emergency-as-fear-grips-markets.html

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“Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut.“

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-spain-economy-idUSBRE84U08N20120531

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“Spain has made its most explicit call to date for European institutions to recapitalise the country’s banks amid concerns about its own ability to raise the billions of euros needed on sovereign bond markets.“

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6af5912e-af02-11e1-a4e0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1wwtccE7m

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[Spain] calls for Europe-wide plan but resists ‘humiliation’ of national bailout

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/06/spain-euro-finished-fiscal-union

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Europe bailout of Spain could cost $125 billion

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120609/D9V9T8TG0.html

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Hurried Spanish banking bailout fails to calm market nerves

Spain’s borrowing costs rise closer to levels considered unsustainable – dragging Italy towards danger zone

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/11/spanish-banking-bailout-market-nerves

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Debt crisis: Market rally falters following Greek vote as concerns over Spain persist

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9338227/Debt-crisis-Market-rally-falters-following-Greek-vote-as-concerns-over-Spain-persist.html

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Spain slump deepens as bailout fears grow

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/23/us-spain-economy-gdp-idUSBRE86M0D620120723

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Spain’s borrowing rates at highest since euro began on worries over recession, banks, regions

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interest-rate-for-key-spanish-bond-soars-to-741-percent-highest-since-euro-was-launched/2012/07/23/gJQAcUci3W_print.html

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Spanish Jobless Rate at Highest Rate [24.6%] Since 1976

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48348748

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“The Spanish and Italian commercial property markets have all but collapsed with the number of transactions in both countries falling more than 90 per cent in the three months to July as investors worry about the future of the eurozone.”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/96705c5a-e2ea-11e1-bf02-00144feab49a.html#axzz23QvBTX6I

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Fears Rising, Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/business/global/money-and-people-leave-spain-as-economic-gloom-deepens.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print

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Euro crisis fuels Spanish separatism

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bad90798-07f4-11e2-9df2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27cNvIB8L

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“Spain’s corporate tax take has tumbled by almost two thirds from pre-crisis levels as small businesses fail and a growing number of big corporations seek profits abroad to compensate for the prolonged downturn at home.”

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49267996

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Spain the model: “Green” power generation working out so well that the electricity system only needs a $32 billion bailout

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2012/10/spain-model-power-generation-working.html

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Double trouble after Spain [credit] rating cut [again]

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/10/11/double-trouble-after-spain-rating-cut?videoId=238347899&videoChannel=5

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