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Could tiny Cyprus trigger collapse of the Eurozone?
It’s being marketed as a one-time tax -- a civic donation to the nation’s financial stability. But the people of Cyprus know it by another name: expropriation. A government plan to siphon as much as 10% from individual bank deposits to co-...
Tags: Nicos Anastasiades, European Central Bank, Moscow (Russia), Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), International Monetary Fund
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Cyprus seeks compromise in banking dispute
ATHENS -- Scrambling to stave off a chaotic government default and exit from Europe’s single currency club, Cyprus’ beleaguered government on Tuesday proposed a revised plan to shield small account holders from a divisive tax on bank accounts,...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Vladimir Putin, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Ankara (Turkey), Finance
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Lawmakers in Cyprus reject tax on bank accounts
ATHENS -- Lawmakers in Cyprus on Tuesday voted against a bailout plan that officials had hoped would stave off a chaotic government default and keep the island republic part of Europe's single-currency system. In a resounding rejection, not a single one...
Tags: Banking, Justice System, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Politics, International Monetary Fund
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Cyprus lawmakers delay emergency vote on bank-deposit tax
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ATHENS -- Lawmakers in Cyprus are scheduled to hold an emergency vote Monday on whether savers on the Mediterranean island will pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits as part of a controversial international bailout plan that has enraged...Tags: European Debt Crisis, Vladimir Putin, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange
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Cyprus shuts banks through Thursday amid fears of widening crisis
ATHENS — Amid renewed fears of a widening economic crisis in Europe, Cyprus on Monday ordered its banks shut through Thursday, postponing for a second time in two days a crucial parliamentary debate on whether bank depositors on the Mediterranean...
Tags: European Debt Crisis, European Central Bank, Vladimir Putin, Finance, International Monetary Fund
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Cyprus deposit tax rattles markets throughout the world
LONDON (AP) — Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday as investors gave their initial verdict to a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. Though Cyprus only accounts for...
Tags: European Debt Crisis, DAX, Japan, Finance, Germany
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Cyprus postpones vote on controversial bailout package
ATHENS – Cyprus’ parliament has pushed back debate of a controversial bailout that would force savers to pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits in exchange for a $13-billion international aid package to avert a chaotic government...
Tags: Federal Bailout Funds, Barack Obama, West Bank, Politics, International Monetary Fund
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Cyprus trial shows EU should act against Hezbollah, Israel says
A criminal trial centering on an alleged plot against Israelis on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus could place more pressure on the European Union to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, a Swedish-Lebanese citizen, testified...Tags: Israel, France, Politics, National Government, Trials
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For the record
D.A.'s race donor: An article in the Oct. 27 LATExtra section about a felon who contributed to the campaign of then-district attorney candidate Jackie Lacey said that Kip C. Cyprus and a business partner had hired appraisers to artificially inflate the...Tags: Obituaries, Bankruptcy
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DA race: Jackie Lacey also received donation from a felon
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County district attorney candidate Jackie Lacey’s campaign was quick to blast her opponent, Alan Jackson, for having taken campaign contributions from a convicted felon who served prison time for his role in a multimillion-dollar... -
Netanyahu: Intelligence points to Hezbollah in Bulgarian bombing
World NowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he had “absolutely rock solid intelligence” that Lebanon-based Hezbollah, supported by Iran, carried out the suicide bombing in Bulgaria last week that killed seven people, including... -
Nick Williams Jr. dies at 75; former Times foreign correspondent
Although Nick B. Williams Jr. would carve out a distinguished career as an editor and foreign correspondent at the Los Angeles Times, he first had to overcome the "junior" at the end of his name. He joined the newspaper in the late 1960s when his father,...
Tags: Nicosia (Cyprus), Nick Williams, Asia, Bangkok (Thailand), Gainesville
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