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How Spain Could Use Its Soccer Team to Solve Its Debt Problem
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 2:17pm | 426On Sunday, the Spanish National Soccer Team won the 2012 UEFA European Championship, becoming the first team to win three major championships in a row since the inception of the World Cup in 1930. Spain previously won the 2008 UEFA European Championship and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In contrast, at...
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PIIGS Nations: Not Just Good At Accumulating Debt, but Pretty Good at Soccer Too
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 3:42pm | 500As the UEFA European Championship, commonly known as Euro 2012, continues through the first matches of the group stage, an interesting pattern arises. Of all sixteen nations in the tournament, only three nations, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Ireland, have not defaulted since the year 1300....
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ETFs For The European Championship (EWI, GERJ, EPOL)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 2:04pm | 793These are good days to be a football fan and by football we don't mean the American variety. We're talking soccer. The 2012 UEFA Champions League final between Chelsea of the English Premier and Bayern Munich of Germany's Bundesliga kicks off on May 19 in Germany. Just a few weeks after that, the...