AP - Greek stocks led European and U.S. markets higher on Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide the region's most heavily indebted economies with some form of support to keep the market crisis at bay.
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Reuters - Euro zone assets recovered some poise on Tuesday as markets bet the European Union would take steps to restore confidence in struggling members like Greece at a summit this week.
* Futures up: S&P 10.3 pts, Dow 75 pts, Nasdaq 16.25 pts (Writes through, adds quote, byline, details) NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as speculation that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, buoyed by hopes that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece. Worries that rising debt in Greece, Portugal and other euro zone states could undermine a global recovery has
* Greece proposes raising average retirement age * Greece at risk of not being able to pay pensions from 2015 * Civil servants to strike on Wednesday ATHENS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Greece proposed an overhaul of its near-bankrupt pension system on Tuesday by
Beat Balzlihas an intriguing story at Spiegel saying that Greece has been hiding the true nature of its deficits and its debt using clever derivatives dreamed up by Goldman Sachs. I believe it, although the details are sparse: Greece’s debt managers
* Caterpillar rises after upgrade from Morgan Stanley * Wholesale trade data on tap * Futures up: S&P 10.3 pts, Dow 75 pts, Nasdaq 16.25 pts * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] (Writes through, adds quote, byline, details) NEW
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