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May 3 (Bloomberg) — Reports from Athens on the reaction of residents to government calls for further sacrifices to ensure the country can stave off a debt default. Unions representing 500000 civil servants called a 48-hour strike starting May 4. Local government workers called a snap strike for today, which will affect garbage collection in [...]

May 5 (Bloomberg) — Andrew Freris, a senior investment strategist at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, talks about the outlook for sovereign debt markets. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Maryam Nemazee from Hong Kong. Copyright Bloomberg 2010 Sovereign debt US UK Britain England Greece greek protests protestors budget deficit imf british elections bailout violence united states economic [...]

April 30 (Bloomberg) — Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, talks with Bloomberg’s Maryam Nemazee about Greece’s debt crisis. Copyright Bloomberg 2010 Marc faber Greece needs debt writedown 50% greek financial crisis rating agency downgraded downgrade Portugal spain italy Ireland Iceland pigs piigs economic collapse second wave imf emf central bank [...]