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The euro crisis and you: Jill Schlesinger explains
CBS MoneyWatch Editor-at-Large Jill Schlesinger explains why the $125 billion aid package to Spain matters, and how could affect you and your money.
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CBS MoneyWatch Editor-at-Large Jill Schlesinger explains why the $125 billion aid package to Spain matters, and how could affect you and your money.
Credit rater Fitch downgrades 18 Spanish lenders amid growing skepticism about the country's bank rescue
Alexis Tsipras, who has a strong chance of winning Greece's critical elections, insists the continued implementation of the bailout conditions would be catastrophic
Country's borrowing costs are also rising for the second day in a row while stocks are falling
Oil touched an eight-month low near $81 a barrel amid concern Spain's bank bailout won't be enough to stem Europe's debt crisis
Country raised $2B but at a relatively hefty interest rate that rose from a similar debt sale last month
Once again, the responsibility for bailing out another European country falls on the back of Germany after lending money to Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and now Spain. Mark Phillips reports.
U.S. stocks reversed earlier gains amid growing uncertainty about a plan to rescue Spain's ailing financial sector
Eurozone finance ministers said they would make up to $125 billion in loans available to the Spanish government to prop up banks
Economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 0.8 percent in the first three months of the year, the worst contraction in three years
Investors will now turn their attention to the thornier issue of Greece, where voters head to the polls this coming weekend
Protesters ask why faulty banks, and not struggling people, bailed out; Spain's bailout the biggest yet
Says U.S. would make another terrible policy mistake if it allows European debt crisis to drag down our economy
The fate of Europe's financial system - and possibly the world's - hinges on Greece and its acceptance of a bailout plan, reports Mark Phillips.
Wall Street suffered its worst losses of the year following the dismal May jobs report, with unemployment rising to 8.2 percent. Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, spoke with Jeff Glor on the situation in Europe, where the jobless rate is even worse at 11 percent, about how their performance will affect the recovery in the U.S.
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Former President Bill Clinton spoke with Scott Pelley on the urgency needed to address the financial crisis in Europe and what he would do to fix it. Watch Pelley's full report tonight on the CBS Evening News.
Spain is one of several European countries in need of a bailout as banks face collapse under a load of toxic debt. Clarissa Ward reports on growing demonstrations there from people feeling the squeeze.
The unemployment rate in Spain for Spaniards under the age of 25 is 51 percent. Clarissa Ward reports on the growing unemployment problems in Spain and the possible mass exodus of young people that could follow.
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks with Scott Pelley and describes what he feels needs to be done to solve the Euro crisis and warns that time is running out.
British prime minister says the eurozone must become yet more integrated and consider more joint liability, such as a banking union
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There are hopes the European Union may be moving closer toward adopting measures that could alleviate the country's financial crisis
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