Jun 06 More Pain in Spain By Paul Solman People take part in a protest in front of a BBVA bank office in Barcelona. Photo by Josep Lago AFP/Getty Images This week here at Making Sen$e, we'll be featuring dispatches from Europe's financial front lines - mainly and plainly,… Continue reading
May 24 Watch In Europe, Balancing Germany's Austerity Push With Hopes for Growth After an inconclusive meeting of European leaders in Brussels ended Wednesday, new data showed a worsening economic contraction throughout the continent. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Nov 22 Spain's New Government Must Now Tackle Spending Cuts By Larisa Epatko Spain's conservative Popular Party and its leader Mariano Rajoy -- the victors in last weekend's parliamentary elections -- now have the difficult job of implementing spending cuts for the sake of Spain's economy while keeping the public and markets on… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch News Wrap: Clinton Tells Pakistan to Bolster Anti-Terror Efforts In other news Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a blunt warning to Pakistan's leadership to boost their anti-terror fight. She made the remarks during a visit to Afghanistan. Also, Basque separatists declared an end to their violent decades-long… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 'Conquistadora' Paints Epic Tale of Love, Adventure in Puerto Rico The new novel "Conquistadora" paints a picture of love and adventure as a young women travels from Spain to Puerto Rico where her husband has inherited a sugar plantation. Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Esmeralda Santiago about the epic story… Continue watching
May 23 Watch As Obama Kicks Off Trip, How Far-Reaching Is Europe's Economic Crisis? Europe's Economic Troubles: How Far-Reaching Is the Crisis?… Continue watching
Feb 23 The Pain in Spain: How Hard Is the Rain Gonna Fall on the Plains? By Paul Solman The specter of Euro-debt default is again roiling the markets. "Worries Over Europe Pose Risks for Euro," read a headline in Monday's Wall Street Journal. "Spain Pegs Cajas' Possible Problem Debt," warned another. (Cajas are the… Continue reading
Feb 23 The Pain in Spain: Hard Rain Gonna Fall? By Elizabeth Shell The specter of Euro-debt default is again roiling the markets. "Worries Over Europe Pose Risks for Euro," read a headline in Monday's Wall Street Journal. "Spain Pegs Cajas' Possible Problem Debt," warned another. (Cajas are the regional Spanish… Continue reading
Jan 28 From the Pain in Spain to Taxes in Naxos: Merle Hazard's Euro-Serenades By Paul Solman All this week we've featured investment advisor Jon Shayne, aka Country-and-Western economist Merle Hazard, warbling his way through the European debt debacle. He started with the pain in Spain and moved on through Erin Go Broke… Continue reading
Jan 26 The Hits Just Keep On Coming By Elizabeth Shell By "hits," I mean Merle Hazard's Golden Newbie Euro-crisis Euro-tunes, as well as the Internet views that they've been garnering. Monday's post: The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain. Yesterday's: Erin Go Broke. And today, the… Continue reading