Spain: Ten million workers take part in general strike:
Nearly 70 percent of Spanish workers-10 million-took part in Wednesday's general strike. In some sectors, such as mining, metal, auto manufacture, electronic, fishing and other industries, participation was nearly 100 percent. The movement also encompassed many self-employed workers and small businesses. Ref. Source 1
Spain's rating upheld as crisis eases
(AP)
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AP - Standard & Poor's has given Spain a welcome boost by affirming its credit rating Tuesday, in another sign that the government debt crisis that threatened to sink the euro has come off the boil, at least for the moment.
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Protest marches converge on Spain's capital
(AP)
AP - Several hundred Spaniards angry about their country's economic crisis protested on the outskirts of Madrid Saturday after spending about a month marching to the capital from their hometowns.
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Spain says deficit bigger than expected hikes taxes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spain's new government said on Friday that this year's budget deficit would be much larger than expected and announced a slew of surprise tax hikes and wage freezes that could drag the country back to the centre of the euro zone debt crisis.
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