Financial crisis
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Court blocks release of Greek accounts
29 Nov 2012: EU court throws out freedom of information request relating to credit swaps which allowed the country to increase its debts
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The crisis, five years on
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In 2009 the Guardian identified 25 people whose actions had led the world into economic turmoil. Where are they now?
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It is half a decade since the 'world changed', in Adam Applegarth's famous phrase. But what has happened to the architects of economic meltdown?
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10 Dec 2012: News sees Italy's borrowing costs rise and share prices fall, and EU leaders worry about possible spillover into Spain -
10 Dec 2012: Voices of finance: The power to look after huge sums of money is entrusted to so few people. We need more financial literacy in the general public, a City veteran tells Joris Luyendijk
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10 Dec 2012:
Bank for International Settlements says equity prices have hit pre-crisis levels even as outlook for companies and economies has deteriorated
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9 Dec 2012:
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras says only viable solution to debt crisis is 'a haircut for Greece and entire southern periphery'
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9 Dec 2012:
On CNN's State of the Union, monetary fund boss says improvements on employment and debt would be negated
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7 Dec 2012:
With major obstacles to recovery remaining, the chancellor will be closely monitoring both economic and weather bulletins
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7 Dec 2012: Thomas Fricke for Social Europe Journal: The German chancellor's failure to implement our financial advice led to the economic crisis that closed our newspaper
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6 Dec 2012: Berlusconi party members walk out before crucial vote threatens PM's survival, with magnate hinting he could return to power
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5 Dec 2012: Letters: The Brussels bureaucracy knew very well before 2009 that several European governments were using the services of private-sector financial institutions to disguise the extent of their budget deficits
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5 Dec 2012: With 30,000 homes a day cut off for unpaid bills by the state, corruption has become a matter of survival for many Greeks
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5 Dec 2012:
Four nations have withdrawn from the 2013 competition because they are too cash-strapped to enter – and fear the cost of hosting 2014 if they win
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4 Dec 2012:
Lord Stevenson, former chairman of HBOS, gets torn apart by attack dogs of parliamentary commission on banking standards
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4 Dec 2012: Commission on banking standards provides more evidence of reckless lending, aggressive funding arrangements and delusional boardroom thinking
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4 Dec 2012: Lord Stevenson described as 'evasive, repetitive and unrealistic' in gruelling three-and-a-half hour session with MPs and peers
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4 Dec 2012:
Value of domestic deals involving UK companies halves to £500m from second to third quarter, the lowest level for 20 years
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