A woman walks past screens showing graphs of stocks at the Athens ...
Nov 21st, 2011
(AP) - A woman walks past screens showing graphs of stocks at the Athens Stock Exchange, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Greece is imposing austerity measures to secure an installment of international rescue loans, without which it will run out of money by Dec. 15. Greek stocks plunged 3.74 percent on Monday, with the Athens Stock Exchange benchmark General Share Index closing the day at 686 points. Banks were particularly badly hit, shedding a collective 5 percent. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) -
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