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U.S. stocks fall on Greece debt restructure news
marketwatch.com ^ | July 24, 2012 | Wallace Witkowski

Posted on 07/24/2012 11:34:58 AM PDT by John W

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks fell to new depths in Tuesday's session following a report that European Union officials believe Greece can't pay what it owes and needs more debt restructuring.

The dive coincided with a report from Reuters that three E.U. officials believe Greece will have to restructure some 200 billion euros in debt.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eucrisis; greekcrisis

1 posted on 07/24/2012 11:35:04 AM PDT by John W
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To: John W

So who can pay their debt? Certainly not us, not that we are trying to.


2 posted on 07/24/2012 11:38:18 AM PDT by pallis
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To: John W

I thought they fixed this last week. And the week before that. And the week before that...


3 posted on 07/24/2012 11:40:09 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: fhayek

>> I thought they fixed this last week. And the week before that. And the week before that...

The beauty of a house of cards is that it can be “restructured” in SO many ways...


4 posted on 07/24/2012 11:43:24 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Love the cult, respect the leader, but I simply can't drink the koolaid and die.)
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To: John W

90% of media reports on falling US stocks blame it on something somewhere else.
Talk of QE lifts the market when needed.
The “unexpected” bad news meme...

Every day is “Groundhog Day” in the economic mass media.


5 posted on 07/24/2012 11:46:53 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: mrsmith

You are right. As we approach election day, expect the ‘it’s Europe’s fault’ meme 24/7.


6 posted on 07/24/2012 11:52:58 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: John W

Greece is the mulch dressing, covering up the gaping chancre that is the American economy.


7 posted on 07/24/2012 11:59:01 AM PDT by EyeGuy (Armed, judgmental, fiscally responsible heterosexual.)
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To: John W

How are they going to restructure a loan agreement this welfare state can never, ever pay back?


8 posted on 07/24/2012 12:14:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Restructure is a code word for default.


9 posted on 07/24/2012 12:56:40 PM PDT by Voltage
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