Published on April,03 2012 - by Reuters
MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) - Spanish borrowing costs are likely to jump at a bond auction on Wednesday as this week's tough budget fails to calm investors' nerves about the country's finances, while Portugal will sell its ...
Published on February,21 2012 - by Reuters
LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese have mostly quietly accepted reforms in the labor market, soaring unemployment and cuts to welfare to rein in their debt mountain - but calls to cancel the centuries-old tradition of ...
Published on January,30 2012 - by Reuters
LONDON/LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's slide towards becoming the next Greece - needing a second bailout to avoid bankruptcy - accelerated on Monday as untrusting underwriters hiked the cost of insuring Lisbon's bonds to ...
Published on November,24 2011 - by Reuters
By Axel Bugge LISBON (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded Portugal's credit rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal ...