FX Update : Euro short squeeze underway ?

Greece was out announcing further immediate steps aimed at staunching the bleeding in public finances with tough new measures that were expected to net almost EUR 5 billion. These measures include a 2% increase in the VAT, a rise in duties on alcohol and fuel, and a trimming of public salary "supplements" by 12%. Greek PM Papandreou said he was

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Greece woos markets with $6.5B austerity plan

With creditors demanding solutions to the Greek debt crisis and the financial world increasingly on edge, Athens on Wednesday froze pensions, cut civil service salaries and slapped new taxes on everything from cigarettes and alcohol to fuel and precious gems.

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What happens when liquor stores give student discounts &laqu

Now why didn’t I just say “hey, you know so-and-so is in the basement crying over your sorry ass. It’s pretty bad. Maybe you should go on consolation duty for awhile”? Why don’t I ever just think things through and talk them out and count to 10? I don’t know. But alcohol sure seems to add fuel to the fire. Has my impulse control improved at all sin

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Outlaw Fuel Altered Association

The Outlaw Fuel Altereds are a group of independent racers with blown alcohol and nitro burning altereds who run in the southwest. Our association has members from Corpus Christi, Texas to Des Moines, Iowa and includes many former AA/FA and AA/FC pilots from the defining years of drag racing.

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