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Friday, October 19, 2012

Spanish unions call general strike for Nov 14, stoppages also scheduled in ...


San Francisco Chronicle

Spanish unions call general strike for Nov 14, stoppages also scheduled in ...
Washington Post
14, coinciding with similar protests in Portugal and Greece. The Workers' Commissions and General Workers' unions called the strike — the second to be held in Spain this year — to protest the conservative government's austerity measures and labor ...
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Spanish unions call general strike for Nov 14

Students protest during a demonstration against education cuts in the street in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The Spanish government said Wednesday it will decide within the next few weeks whether to ask for outside financial help, noting it might opt for a precautionary line of credit instead of bailout cash.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)Spain's main trade unions on Friday called a general strike for Nov. 14, coinciding with similar protests in Portugal and Greece.



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Greek, British police start joint search for Ben Needham, British toddler ...


Scotsman

Greek, British police start joint search for Ben Needham, British toddler ...
Edmonton Journal
In this image provided Friday Oct. 19, 2012, by the Needham family showing missing person Ben Needham aged 21-months. The 21-month old toddler Ben Needham disappeared some 21-years ago while on the island of Kos, Greece, in July 1991.
Ben Needham's mother flies to Greece as police prepare to dig up moundTelegraph.co.uk
Ben Needham: police to excavate land on Kos where toddler went missingThe Guardian
Mother backs new search for holiday boy missing 21 years in GreeceIrish Independent
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UPDATE 1-SocGen to take 100 mln eur hit on Greek exit


The West Australian

UPDATE 1-SocGen to take 100 mln eur hit on Greek exit
Reuters
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale said it would take a 100 million-euro ($131 million) hit to third-quarter net profit as a result of its sale of loss-making Greek unit Geniki Bank to Greek lender Piraeus Bank . The news comes two ...
Piraeus Bank Signs Deal Acquiring SocGen's Greek UnitFox Business
French bank Societe Generale to take 100 mn euro hit on Greek exitEconomic Times

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Spanish union calls general strike for Nov 14

MADRID (AP) — Spain's Workers' Commissions union has called a general strike for Nov. 14, coinciding with similar protests in Portugal and Greece.

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Eurozone crisis: EU summit day two


Economic Times

Eurozone crisis: EU summit day two - live
The Guardian
Eurozone crisis: EU summit day two - live. Leaders return to the negotiating table today after a marathon session that dragged into the early hours of the morning, and which saw a compromise deal on banking supervision • Banking supervision deal ...
In Debt Crisis LiveTelegraph.co.uk
EU bank plan raises more questions than answersBBC News
Merkel says EU bank watchdog will take time to set upReuters
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Greece's Piraeus Bank reaches final deal for Geniki


Greece's Piraeus Bank reaches final deal for Geniki
Reuters
ATHENS Oct 19 (Reuters) - Greece's Piraeus Bank said on Friday it had reached a final agreement to buy Geniki Bank, the ailing Greek unit of French lender Societe Generale. Societe Generale, which controls 99.1 percent of Geniki, had said in August ...


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