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U.S. stock futures tumble on Italy fears
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U.S.
exporters are exposed
Risk is acute as 29% of S&P 500 sales are to Europe
The European tide is washing out as the region struggles with one sovereign-debt crisis after another, leaving American businesses operating overseas precariously exposed to a Continental recession.
Risk is acute as 29% of S&P 500 sales are to Europe
The European tide is washing out as the region struggles with one sovereign-debt crisis after another, leaving American businesses operating overseas precariously exposed to a Continental recession.
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Bond yields have Italy on the brink
Yields hit crisis levels.
• Unlucky 7 (The Tell)
• Geithner's Italy vista
• European stocks drop on rise in Italian worries
• Use of ECB emergency-lending facility soars
Italy pain is greenback gain
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Doing business in Greece
Brett Arends on investment in a soured economy.
• Greek prime minister negotiations drag
• Five reasons Italy is not Greece (The Tell)
Reuters
Yields hit crisis levels.
• Unlucky 7 (The Tell)
• Geithner's Italy vista
• European stocks drop on rise in Italian worries
• Use of ECB emergency-lending facility soars
Italy pain is greenback gain
The U.S. dollar rises on safe-haven demand as a spike in Italian bond yields weighs on risk appetite.
• U.S. dollar cued up for big rally (Minyanville)
Doing business in Greece
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