UK Telegraph By James Kirkup, Deputy Political Editor As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned that the break-up of the euro, once almost unthinkabl… more »

    Zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden Any time a major bank releases a report saying a given course of action is too costly, too prohibitive, too blonde, or simply too impossible, it is nearly guaranteed that that is precisely the course of ac… more »

Bloomberg News Photo A customer used an ATM beside a wall daubed with graffiti from a recent strike in Lisbon, Portugal. The Wall Street Journal By AINSLEY THOMSON, QUENTIN FOTTRELL And DAVID ROMAN BERLIN—The euro zone's sovereign debt crisis esc… more »

By Edmund ConwayGuardian UK The survey's findings underline suspicions that the new Chancellor, George Osborne, will have to firefight a full-blown crisis in Britain's biggest trading partner in his first years in office The single currenc… more »

AP The Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly 260 points and fell below 10,000 after the Labor Department's disappointing news that hiring remains weak. Interest rates fell sharply as investors moved their money into the safety of Treasury bonds a… more »