Rating cut piles pressure on Spain to seek aid
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Rating cut piles pressure on Spain to seek aid

Madrid : Spain | Oct 11, 2012 at 3:53 AM PDT
Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
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People walk past a banner advertising sales in a shopping mall in Madrid October 9, 2012. Spain faced renewed pressure to take the politically humiliating step of seeking sovereign aid on Thursday after a credit agency cut its rating to near junk, triggering a spike in its borrowing costs. FULL ARTICLE AT Turks and Caicos Free Press
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