Cyprus Stalls Vote on Bailout Tax
Cyprus' parliament today postponed until tomorrow a vote on a controversial levy on all bank deposits that the cash-strapped country's creditors had demanded in exchange for a $13 billion bailout. The...
View ArticlePanicked Cyprus Stalls, Braces for Bank Run
Things are getting crazy in Cyprus, which has again postponed a vote that could levy a tax on bank depositors to fund the nation's bailout, the BBC reports, this time until tomorrow. Its effects,...
View ArticleCyprus' New Gambit: Spare Smallest Savers
The proposed bank deposit tax that has enraged Cypriots and spooked bank customers across Europe looks likely to die today, even with a last-minute tweak that would spare the smallest savers, Reuters...
View ArticleCyprus' Banks Might Never Reopen, Warns Germany
On the heels of yesterday's crushing rejection of its controversial bank deposit tax, the what-the-heck-is-Cyprus-going-to-do watch continues. The BBC reports that President Nicos Anastasiades is in...
View ArticleCyprus Given Monday Deadline
As Cyprus works on a "plan B" today to fund a bailout , the European Central Bank says its emergency assistance will expire Monday, so there had better be a deal in place, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleAs Deadline Looms, Cyprus Prez Threatens to Quit
Things are getting testy in Brussels, where Europe's financial powers that be are hunkered down in furious negotiations to determine Cyprus' fate ahead of tomorrow's deadline to finalize a $10 billion...
View ArticleCyprus Keeping Banks Closed Until Thursday
Cypriots hoping to get their hands on what is still technically their money are going to have to wait at least another couple of days. The government has ordered the country's banks, which have been...
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