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Commencement ceremonies are held on the front lawn. In the event of rain, Commencement is held in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium, where admission will be by ticket only and limited to immediate family of the graduates.
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Where and when will the Commencement ceremony be held?
Commencement is Sunday, May 15, 2016. The ceremony is traditionally held on the front lawn, where there is plenty of seating for all.
Are there limits to the number of guests who may attend graduation?
We do not limit seating for the event if it is held outdoors.
What happens if it rains?
In the case of rain, the ceremony will be in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium, with limited overflow seating in the FSK Lobby and the Conversation Room in Mellon Hall. Admission to the auditorium and to overflow seating will be by ticket only.
Each graduate will receive four auditorium and two overflow tickets, for use in the event of rain. The tickets will be included in the packet containing the commencement invitations. If you do not need all of the tickets you receive, we ask that you kindly return any unneeded tickets to the Office of the Registrar. Please note that the tickets are allocated per graduate—we ask the understanding of those with extended or separated families.
How long is the commencement ceremony?
The ceremony will last approximately two hours.
Do I need to R.S.V.P. for other events that weekend?
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Are there invitations for commencement?
Beginning in late March, all students who are preparing to graduate can receive ten commencement invitations from the Registrar's Office. If needed, a limited amount of additional invitations may be obtained for $1 each.
What events may family and friends attend?
Families and friends of graduating seniors are invited to Class Day Exercises at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 14; a reception follows on the Library Plaza. That evening, the Commencement Waltz crowns the spring social season. Families and friends of all graduates are also welcome at the Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15; a reception follows on the front lawn.
What if I have a family member with special needs?
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What is appropriate dress for commencement ceremonies?
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Is there a reception following the commencement ceremony?
A reception on the front lawn will follow the commencement ceremony. If you are planning to go out for lunch after the ceremony and reception, we recommend making a 1:30 p.m. reservation.
Where do we park?
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Skip to comments.Pelosis Office Requested the U.S. Air Force Bring Her Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Posted on 01/27/2011 11:59:39 AM PST by La Lydia
Because thats what the United State Air Force is there for no, wait? Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained new documents from the US Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosis use of US Air Force aircraft in 2010. According to the documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Pelosi used Air Force aircraft for 43 flights from January 1 to October 1, 2010. According to documents previously uncovered...Nancy Pelosi logged 47 flights in the prior nine-month period, April 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010.
The most recent documents...include a Passenger Mission Activity chart detailing all of former Speaker Pelosis flights January 1 to October 1, 2010, as well as detailed shopping lists for some flights, flight authorization forms, Mission Expense Records and internal Air Force correspondence related to the flights. Among the highlights from the documents, obtained pursuant to a FOIA request filed on September 10, 2010:
Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 43 trips, covering 90,155 miles, from January 1 through October 1, 2010. The Air Force documented in-flight expenses for 22 of these flights totaling $1,821.33. The Air Force did not provide expense information for the remaining 21 flights.
Former Speaker Pelosi received chocolate covered strawberries as a birthday surprise on a March 26, 2010 flight. According to one internal Air Force email sent on March 25, 2010: The speakers office is requesting egg salad sandwiches on wheat toast with fruit (watermelon, etc) for desert [sic]. Its the speakers B-Day tomorrow so were also asking for something like chocolate covered strawberries (dark chocolate preferred) The immediate response to the email from another member of the Air Force staff: Copy all. Well plan something for the birthday and take care of the meal.
According to previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, the former Speakers military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. For example, purchases for one Pelosi-led congressional delegation traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Baileys Irish Cream, Makers Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine....
...and I want them NOW!
I pity these aircrews...
Colonel, USAFR
HEadline is misleading. She got the strawberries as a birthday treat. Big deal. I thought it was saying they sent an air force jet somewhere to pick some up for her. The Red Queen's Off With Their Heads.
Low class woman.
Wow. What a waste
She hates the military and thinks it's just fine to use highly trained military personnel for trivial things.
She is a liberal elite and thinks that laws and rules are for everyone else.
Exactly what law allows her to use military aircraft?
Did you have a problem with the large quantities of alcohol that the Air Force bought for her trip overseas???
100 mill doesn't count the cost of her private jet fleet and maintenance....those rascals are big coin...a G5 costs 50 mill outfitted before the first sip of fuel...I sure hope the taxpayers got a good return on their investment for flying this clueless hag around....
And WHY was this FOIA request not made BEFORE the election?
WHY are we getting this in JANUARY?
100 mill doesn't count the cost of her private jet fleet and maintenance....those rascals are big coin...a G5 costs 50 mill outfitted before the first sip of fuel...I sure hope the taxpayers got a good return on their investment for flying this clueless hag around....
She could have called Rush Berries and had them delivered for under $30 bucks. But of course, she would have had to be smart enough to listen to Rush to hear the add and I don't see that ever happening.
Well at least we know that Ms. Pelousy isn't a muslim.
How truly "regal" of the trollop.
Requested? Does anyone really believe it was a request?
If Palin had ever done anything like this, it would lead the network news for days.
Dewars Scotch and egg salad sandwiches on wheat toast with fruit.... They should have ordered good Scotch to go with all that farting.
She hates the military, unless its to serve her pompous as*. Same way Hillary Clinton felt about them. Its a liberal thing, doncha know?
What corruption!
Why is she not being investigated, arrested and charged?
$83 per flight? Did they misplace a decimal point?
Despite the efforts to make it sound extravagant, there's nothing very damning here. The laundry list of bottles at the end of the story is an effective rhetorical flourish, but it could have been summarized as "a stocked bar."
And there won't be anything damning when someone on the left writes basically the same story about Boehner, because I assume congressional delegations won't be brown-bagging it in the 112th Congress.
Hey Stretch P., what was your slogan... "Let them eat cake." right?
How is she flying now??
Is this corrupt trash still using OUR US Air Force aircraft????
How very nouveau riche of her.
The nouveau riche are so obvious. But, she did have quite the bar and I don't mean in lawyer terms.
No. She has to fly commercial now, and the wonderful thing is, she has to drive all the way from the Capitol out to Dulles to do it, because you can't get direct flights to the West Coast out of Reagan. It is at least an hour's drive, depending on the time of day it could be longer.
He doesn't have as far to go to his district.
He also said he would fly commercial.
After 9/11 it was an executive branch decision that the Speaker be transported by military aircraft. Hastert took that to mean a lear or small Gulfstream. Pelosi didn't want to have to stop and wanted to take lots of people with her and was demanding a 757.
She always has her broom...
That's an average of more than 5 flights per month!
Taxpayer Paid Jet Used by Queen Pelosi
USAF C-32, 200-seat, Boeing 757 jet airliner
About those aircrew.
A while back there was a story ran about pelosi and her plane. pelosi would keep her 757 on standby for every Friday afternoon. Ground crew and air crew had to be ready to go when the princess decided to go back to cali. Sometimes she would call to cancel her plans and sometimes she would not. Her elitism has no bounds.
Thank you. You made my day.
Have to agree, her silliness isn't necessarily out of dislike for the military (altho she almost certain feels that way) but rather like Barry, its all about her. Its 24x7 Nancy in her world. What I don't understand is how so many inflated egos can coexist in the tiny space of DC. It seems completely impossible! This has to violate some natural law. LOL...
How do you know she didn't?? One wonders and maybe if that question is Twitted it'd get back to her.
Not to defend PeLousy, but I can remember a time running around Taegu, Korea in an Army car, with two or three enlisted assistants, looking for brass ashtrays with the Marine Corps anchor & world symbol on them.
A visiting Marine general wanted some.
alright then, 'ow much for the chocolate covered cherries, Wonka?
But, my FRiends, I read (IIRC) and even bigger story re Pelosi and her USAF aircraft abuse.
(Caution, this needs to be fact-checked) As I recall it, Speaker Pelosi insisted that the USAF aircraft and ground personnel SALUTE her.
I suggest that both the (mercifully) former Squeaker's office AND USAF personnel be contacted for comment (and I'd love to be proven wrong on this.)
A new G-V costs $60 million I think. And operating costs are about $5k an hour.
Does anyone know what transportation she is using now? Is she flying commercial?
She's back to flying her broom. It's not as quick as the Air Force, and she can't exercise her authority, but it's faster than commercial. And, she is above all that groping stuff.
He won't fly commercial when he leads a Congressional delegation to the Middle East. That's at least one flight this article covers; one of the sloppy things about this article is that we don't know how many of the flights in question were back to Pelosi's district and how many were official travel.
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The exhibit, named after a 1969 avant-garde jazz album, highlights Johnson's particular style, which includes manipulating what he calls "cosmic slop" and turning it into incredible abstract artworks, using materials such as shea butter, glass, soap and record albums. In fact, while they hang on walls, his work is really sculpture. However you want to describe it, Johnson's work has become part of the lexicon of the contemporary art dictionary. Along with infusing a heavy dose of African-American cultural identifiers, Johnson also likes to give a nod to sports – his father was an amateur boxer.
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They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents going to ridiculous extremes to remove all obstacles from their child's path to greatness . . . or at least to an ivy league school. From cradle to college, they remain intimately enmeshed in their children's lives, stifling their development and creating infantilized, spoiled, immature adults unprepared to make the decisions necessary for the real world. Or so the story goes.
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After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
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We live in a world full of computer-generated messaging, from Facebook ads to tire shop signs. With it comes a "creeping sameness" in the urban landscape, say filmmakers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon.
Not so long ago, the urban landscape was full of messages and signs made by specially trained artists. At a time when people are returning to the lost craft of painting signs in windows and on the sides of trucks by hand, Levine and Macon have made a film about these dedicated and precise practitioners. "Sign Painters," a feature-length film, features interviews with sign painters young and old, from the vanguard to the traditionalists. »Read Full Article
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It was hilarious, because what network in its right mind would do a show like that? Well, this spring, ABC did "Splash," starring a hodgepodge of D-list celebrities. And the unofficial star of the show, based on preview appearances, was comedian Louie Anderson. ABC banked that the sight of a man who weighs 400 pounds diving into a pool would pull big ratings. »Read Full Article
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All work orders must be finished by the date they are due and a very large percent are due the day before you receive them.The penalty for being late is you do not get paid for the job.
They "request" that you telephone them if you have any question or find any problem at the building that needs service but when you call,all you get is a machine that the person you have to talk with is away from the desk or if you do get to talk to them they say they will call back they do not call.If you replace the glass in a broken window as part of a job you are told that was wrong you should have boarded it up.no pay for job.If you board it up you are told you should have put glass in it, results no pay.
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Crisis Blog: Hopeful Signs For a Greek Deal
Euro-zone finance ministers ended a conference call over a new bailout and debt restructuring for Greece late Wednesday with their chairman expressing optimism that a long-awaited accord could be wrapped up soon.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg prime minister who chairs the ministers' meetings, said there had been "substantial further progress" since yesterday in negotiations between Greece and its so-called troika of international official lenders—the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
In a statement after the call, Mr. Juncker said the lenders had received assurances of support for the austerity program that will accompany the deal from the two party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition—New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras and Socialist party George Papandreou–and said €325 million of additional budget cuts for this year had been identified, as required by the lenders.
But he said further moves were necessary before agreement could be sealed: measures to make sure the agreed economic reform program was implemented and to ensure that servicing the debt would be a priority for Greece.
Earlier Wednesday there new signs of concern as the euro-zone economy shrank in the fourth quarter of 2011 as nine member states posted a fall—five of which entered a recession—raising concerns the wider region will follow.
Data from European statistics agency Eurostat on Wednesday showed that gross domestic product across the 17 regions that share the euro contracted 0.3% in the final quarter of 2011 compared with the third, and grew 0.7% compared with a year earlier.
That is the first quarterly contraction since a 0.2% drop in the second quarter of 2009, while the year-to-year gain is the smallest since the fourth quarter of 2009 when GDP shrank 2.1%. And, for the whole of 2011, Eurostat calculates GDP grew 1.5%, down from 1.9% growth in 2010.
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Greek Default No Longer Taboo?
The chances of a Greek default, once unthinkable, now loom larger as more European leaders take comfort in the belief that the euro-system is better positioned to absorb the shock that just six months ago.
If it comes, the reason will be there were too many moving parts, too many delays and a new perception of diminishing risk for the euro-zone as a whole.
Peer Steinbrueck (pictured), former German finance minister and future chancellor candidate, has an advantage over Wolfgang Schaeuble of being in opposition and able to say whatever he wants.
He took that advantage in a speech in Washington overnight, saying a bailout for Greece is on the brink of collapse and that, if he were still finance minister, he'd have asked aides for a "Plan B" for a Greek default months ago, Die Welt newspaper reports.
Doubtless the same idea has occurred to Mr. Schaeuble, whose increasingly hardening line on Greece was on display again Wednesday when he doubted how committed the Greek government would be on reforms after a second bailout the new elections set for April. Germany won't commit to a "bottomless pit," he says. And the decision on whether Greece goes or stays lies in Athens.
Read the full post at The Euro Crisis blog here.
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Irish Exports Fall
Irish exports fell in December, the government said Wednesday, as exports for chemicals and related products dropped due to a high-value medicine coming off its patent.
The Central Statistics Office said seasonally-adjusted exports fell 9% to €7.5 billion from November, and the country's trade surplus in December dropped 23% to €3.48 billion.
"A substantial part of the decline in the value of exports was due to a high-value product in the chemicals and related products sector coming off patent in December," the CSO said, without specifying what the product was.
However, analysts said the product is likely to be the best-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, made by Pfizer Plc for world markets in Co. Cork in the south of Ireland.
Ireland is increasingly relying on exports from the large number of pharmaceutical and computer plants based in the country to help it meet the requirements of its bailout from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.
However, analysts have warned in recent weeks that the euro debt crisis threatens to limit global demand for Irish goods.
Traders Sit on Sidelines as Greek Deal Faces Delays
A data-rich session failed to spur big moves in currency markets as traders grappled with conflicting signals over the current state of the Greek crisis.
The common currency swooned in late U.S. trading hours Tuesday as a face-to-face meeting of European finance ministers — initially designed to sign off on a fresh Greek bailout — was cancelled, with Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker blaming a lack of commitment from Greece to implementing its cost-saving plans.
The meeting is now going to be a teleconference held at 16.00 GMT (11.00 ET).
But the euro recovered in Asian trading after the governor of the People's Bank of China reiterated his support for Europe, and said China would increase its holdings of the single currency.
That pushed the euro to the day's high at $1.3191 against the dollar, and it stayed close to that point for the European session.
With Greece on the brink of an ugly debt default next month, analysts stressed that European authorities have little time to come to a workable solution.
"Europe doesn't have the luxury of worrying about implementation risks now. They have to make sure that Greece gets the bailout money, which will buy them a few more months," said Daragh Maher, a currency strategist at HSBC in London.
"There is very little evidence of stress in currency markets," said Kit Juckes, the chief currencies analyst at Societe Generale SA in London. "I am astonished by such insouciance in the face of such a strained relationship between Greece and the rest of the euro zone."
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German Economy 'Will Return To Growth' This Year
Germany's economy will recover from its contraction at the end of last year and return to growth in 2012, German Economics Minister Philipp Roesler said Wednesday.
"The economic performance in the fourth quarter is in line with our expectation," Mr. Roesler said in a statement.
Risks from the global economy and Europe in particular left temporary skid marks on the German economy, he said.
"The German economy will return to higher growth in the course of the year," he said. "The stabilization of current economic indicators point to this."
The government forecasts the economy to grow 0.7% during the year as a whole.
Earlier Wednesday, the country's statistics agency said the economy contracted slightly less than expected in the final quarter of last year.
Gross domestic product fell 0.2% from the third quarter and 2.0% from the corresponding period last year. All figures were adjusted for price, season and the calendar.
Analysts had forecast a quarterly contraction of 0.3% and an annual expansion of 1.8%.
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Sarkozy Expected to Launch Election Bid Today
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he will go on prime time television Wednesday night for an interview during which he is widely expected to formally launch his re-election bid.
The declaration will act as a watershed to separate the president's institutional tasks from the candidate's campaign for all practical purposes, ranging from electoral expenses to broadcast time, which are governed by strict regulation.
"I have accepted the invitation by (television station) TF1 for the (8 p.m.) news tonight and I'll see you there," Mr. Sarkozy wrote in his freshly inaugurated Tweeter account, which had over 25,000 followers just a few hours after opening Wednesday morning.
"The real campaign is about to start," foreign affairs minister Alain Juppé said in an interview on France Info radio. "Everything will change as Nicolas Sarkozy enters the campaign."
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China Bolsters Rhetorical Support for Europe
China's central bank on Wednesday pledged to increase its holdings of euro-denominated assets, bolstering Beijing's recent rhetorical support for Europe but stopping short of a specific investment plan.
People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan told visiting European Union leaders in Beijing that the central bank has "full confidence in the euro's role and its prospects," and that it will increase the proportion of its foreign-exchange reserves that is invested in the euro.
A day earlier, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said China views Europe as a main destination for investment as it diversifies its foreign-exchange reserves.
Despite the pledges of support, Chinese officials have stopped short of offering specific proposals for investing in Europe or buying European assets.
"China will continue to invest in EU countries' government bonds" and be involved in resolving the euro-zone crisis, possibly via channels such as the International Monetary Fund, the European Financial Stability Facility and the European Stability Mechanism, Mr. Zhou said.
Greece Loses Its Potency
Last year, global markets hung on every breath of news out of Athens. The echoes reverberated through bond markets in the euro zone and stock markets in America.
This year, that isn't nearly as true. Greece has seen more riots, political turmoil and abysmal economic data as it lurches toward its second bailout. But bond prices of Italy and Spain, the most crucial measures of the crisis's spread, steadily have risen, pushing their yields down.
Isolating Greece from the rest of the euro zone, or at least from its big economies, has been a crucial goal of European Union policy makers for more than a year.
It is too early to say that has been achieved, but a look at market data suggests European leaders have some reasons for optimism that the euro zone's sickest member is now less contagious.
At the same time, unresolved issues, such as the long-term health of Italy and the bloc's attempts to overhaul its fiscal governance, have in large part eclipsed Greece.
Italy Hopes for Quick GDP Hit
Italy's economy contracted almost twice as much as expected in the final three months of 2011, shrinking 0.7% from the previous quarter and reducing full-year GDP growth to a meager 0.4%.
Italian Industry Minister Corrado Passera had acknowledged Italy was in a recession — third-quarter GDP also shrank 0.2% — as long ago as December.
And senior government officials reckon the first quarter of 2012 is "already gone" as well.
Prospects from here are critical. Few are as pessimistic as the International Monetary Fund, which projects a 2.2% contraction in 2012 for the euro zone's third-largest economy. The government's latest official forecast is for a drop of only 0.4% or 0.5%.
To be sure, austerity — a front-loaded €80 billion three-year budget adjustment package the bulk of which hits this year — is destined to keep domestic demand under the kosh.
Read the full post here at The Euro Crisis blog.
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Euro Falls Across the Board as Germany Seeks Assurances
The euro fell across the board after Germany said it was still missing documents from Greece and that it needed further assurances from the country that reforms would continue after Greece's national elections in April.
The single currency traded at session lows against the dollar and the yen and hit the day's low against the Swiss franc and sterling after the comments reinforced fears that the Greek bailout process is stalling.
By 1307 GMT, the currency traded at $1.3118 against the dollar, It was at ¥103.10 against the yen and £0.8350 against sterling after the German Ministry of Finance made the comments, which came after the cancellation of the meeting of euro-zone finance ministers that was aimed at signing off on Greece's latest bailout tranche.
Earlier, the Greek conservative party chief gave a written pledge on his commitment to reforms.
Without international aid, the country will face the threat of defaulting on debts due March. 20.
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Venizelos: 'Many in the Euro-Zone Don't Want Us Anymore'
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (pictured) said Wednesday he believes the issues holding up Greece's financial aid will be resolved ahead of a teleconference of euro-zone finance ministers later in the day, adding that conditions being demanded in exchange for the loan keep growing.
Speaking to journalists after meeting with Greek President Karolos Pappoulias, the minister said Greece is faced with sacrifices and cutbacks or financial catastrophe after parliament approved over the weekend draconian reforms demanded from international creditors in exchange for the €130 billion loan.
"We are faced with an extraordinary situation. As we continue, new terms and conditions are being set," he said. "There are many in the euro zone that don't want us anymore."
Euro-zone finance ministers are scheduled Wednesday at 1600 GMT to discuss a new bailout and debt restructuring for Athens after postponing a previously planned face-to-face meeting in Brussels, saying Greek political leaders haven't given clear pledges on the implementation of fresh austerity measures.
Among outstanding issues is also a dispute over a €325 million gap in Greece's budget plans for 2012.
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Eastern European Economies Show Varying Strength
The impact of the euro-zone slowdown varied among eastern European Union countries outside the euro zone, depending on the depth of their business links to Germany and their domestic fiscal cuts, fourth-quarter gross domestic product figures showed Wednesday.
Suffering the most were countries such as the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Romania, which posted economic contractions in the three months to the end of December.
The Czech economy suffered because of its reliance on Germany, where it sends more than 18% of its manufacturing exports, the highest in the region.
The Czech Republic saw contraction of 0.1% in the third quarter and 0.3% in the fourth, putting it technically into recession.
But data from the start of 2012 bode well for a rebound that already seems to be taking shape, including record sales in January by car maker Skoda Auto, the country's largest exporter, said Raiffeisenbank economist Vaclav France.
Germany's economy contracted 0.2% on a quarterly basis at the end of 2011, putting brakes on demand for imports from Central and Eastern Europe.
Banks Ponder Next LTRO
Two more key European banks gave some indications Wednesday of their plans for the next round of cheap loans by the European Central Bank under its long-term refinancing operation, or LTRO.
In the past, most banks would remain silent as to participation in any central bank lending facilities, given the worries of the potential stigma attached to accepting cheap money.
But after the successful December LTRO action and the second round expected at the end of February, banking chiefs are being a little more open.
The ECB loaned €489 billion in December in the first three-year LTRO at an interest rate of 1% to more than 500 banks, with the aim of averting problems at institutions that faced maturing debt but didn't have access to funding through traditional funding markets.
Wednesday, Chairman Andrea Beltratti of Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Italy's largest bank by market value, confirmed that the bank will take part in the next round after saying earlier this month that it was considering it.
Intesa said it participated in the last LTRO but didn't disclose the amount. Recently, Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Fabrizio Saccomanni said that using the LTRO liquidity should carry no stigma and is a "business opportunity" for Italian banks, as alternative sources of funding are often most costly.
Bankers who warned of stigmas and boasted of not needing to use the LTROs "are perhaps just trying to be macho," Mr. Saccomanni added.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafe of France's BNP Paribas said that a decision would be taken in the next few days on whether to participate in the next round.
He said that either way, the bank had no plans to use the proceeds of the cheap LTRO to buy sovereign bonds.
Some banks are using the low-cost ECB money, at an interest rate of about 1%, to buy higher-yielding but more-risky sovereign debt of Europe's so-called peripheral countries, such as Greece and Portugal.
These comments came a day after Swedish bank Swedbank Chief Executive Michael Wolf said his bank wouldn't use the LTRO. Nordic banks are less-exposed to troubled European economies and generally have strong capital basis.
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Some Of Greece's Euro-Zone Creditors Mull Possible Bailout Curtailment
Some of Greece's euro-zone creditors are mulling whether to delay a full bailout package for the country until after the country's April elections, covering the €14.4 billion in bond redemptions coming due next month with special bridging loans, according to two officials familiar with the situation.
These officials emphasized that the thinking isn't broadly anchored among Greece's 16 euro-zone partners and currently isn't even in the proposal stage.
The suggestion stems from some of Greece's sovereign creditors holding Triple-A ratings, but is unlikely to become seriously considered until the euro-zone finance ministers first have a look at details of Greece's austerity plan and the assurances it gives that the reforms included will be implemented and adhered to. It isn't yet clear how many countries support the suggestion.
The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have required Athens to set a program of significant budget cuts to help improve its ability to sustain its debts. This has been a condition set on Greece receiving a €130 billion bailout.
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No Comment from Germany on Greece Bailout Delay
The German finance ministry wouldn't comment on a report that euro zone finance officials are seeking ways to delay part or even all of the region's second bailout for Greece while still avoiding a disorderly default.
Martin Kotthaus, a spokesman for German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, refused to say whether Germany had made any such proposal. He said only that finance ministers would discuss the bailout package in a conference call this afternoon, including "further steps to be taken."
Germany has put pressure on Greece to deliver on promises given. Mr. Schäuble said on German radio earlier Wednesday that Germany is willing to help Greece and wants to keep it in the euro zone but it's not willing to provide unlimited aid. He also insisted on a firm commitment from Greek policy makers to reform.
Monti: Italy 'Won't Passively Submit' to EU Decisions
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti urged all European politicians and leaders to accept shared responsibility for the region's evolving union, adding that Italy itself is digging itself out of a debt crisis and "won't passively submit" to European Union decisions as it does.
"We must all feel co-responsible in the construction of the Europe of the future," Mr. Monti said in a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He praised the EU's legislative assembly for being a "force for discipline," adding that its support for the so-called "six-pack" rules approved late last year for economic governance in the region were "more credible" than those provided by heads of governments.
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Intesa Sanpaolo Chairman Says Positive Solution for Greece Needed
The chairman of Intesa Sanpaolo's management board, Andrea Beltratti, Wednesday voiced his concern over the possible failure in finding a way out of the Greek debt crisis and said a positive solution for the country is needed.
"I'm not that certain that the most negative scenarios for Greece wouldn't have an impact on the markets, and that, as someone says, everything has already been discounted [by the markets]," Mr. Beltratti told reporters in Milan.
Intesa Sanpaolo's chairman also noted that there's growing skepticism over the capacity of Eurogroup meetings to solve the Greek debt issue.
"We're all a little bit skeptical on these meetings: it's two years that people says the decisive one is going to come," Mr. Beltratti said.
The European Union warned Wednesday that time is running out for Greece, even as the government pledged that outstanding issues holding up its bailout and debt restructuring would be resolved in the hours before a teleconference of euro-zone finance ministers in the afternoon.
The next face-to-face meeting for finance ministers will be Monday, Feb. 20.
DJIA Slips
U.S. stocks traded in mixed territory as investors balanced China's pledge to step up its participation in a euro-zone bailout of Greece against reports that euro-zone finance officials were seeking ways to delay at least part of the latest bailout.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 32 points, or 0.3%, to 12846 in morning trade, after rising for five out of the past six days. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index edged up one point, or 0.1%, to 1351 and the Nasdaq Composite added 12 points, or 0.4%, to 2944.
Leading the declines were industrials and telecommunications stocks. Caterpillar lost 0.7%, and AT&T lost 0.9%. Limiting losses were technology and financial stocks. Bank of America rose 1% and Hewlett-Packard gained 1.2%.
More on Creditors Mulling Bailout Delay
A conference call set for euro-zone financial ministers later Wednesday will focus on Greek compliance with austerity measures to qualify for a €130 billion bailout, although people familiar with the matter don't rule out that the idea could come up at the next meeting of finance ministers on Monday if progress isn't made this week.
A diplomat from the European Union said there have long been ideas about possibly splitting up the bailout package and the private-sector debt restructuring, which asks investors to writedown €100 billion in their Greek bond holdings, if discussions with the Greek authorities proved difficult.
"But not to the extent that there is a real Plan B," this person said, adding that there are different views about how tough the conditions should be for Greece and how much the Greeks should deliver in advance.
This reflects concerns among Greece's euro-zone partners about extending the full package to Greece up front without a clearer indication from the country's next leaders that they will follow the new budget rules set in agreements with creditors.
When quizzed on the idea of splitting the package up with time delays, a spokesman for European Commissioner Olli Rehn (pictured) said until now Greece's combined aid from between public entities and private-sector bond holders had been treated as one package.
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Europe Closes After Choppy Trading Day
European stocks closed up overall in another choppy trading day and the euro fell against the dollar after Greece took one step forward and two steps back in its efforts to secure its next bailout worth €130 billion, while economic data painted a mixed picture of the region but corporate earnings were well-received.
Investors' fears regarding Greece's economic future were heightened following reports that finance officials from the euro zone are considering a delay to all or part of the second bailout package being prepared for Greece until after the country's general election, widely tipped to take place in April.
Reports suggested that the finance officials still want Greece to avoid a default on its government debt, and so the debt-laden country may have to consider a bridging loan to meet its loan repayments to private lenders of €14.4 billion by March 20.
"The latest twists and turns in the euro crisis left a strong sense of déjà vu on Wednesday," said Julian Jessop, chief global economist at Capital Economics in a note.
"The difficulties in coming to an agreement acceptable to all sides underline just how close the country is to the brink of a disorderly default and, ultimately, exit from the euro."
The Stoxx Europe 600 index closed up 0.6% at 264.16. The index had rallied after Greek leaders promised to deliver a written commitment to implement much-needed austerity measures. However, the index pared gains after Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras, whose party is expected to win the Greek election, said he could still seek to make modifications to the country's bailout agreement if elected. Traders than grappled with the ongoing headlines about Greece's bailout funds.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 closed 0.1% lower at 5892.16. Germany's DAX gained 0.4% to 6757.94 and France's CAC-40 closed 0.4% higher at 3390.35. Greece's ATHEX composite slumped 5.1% to 776.28.
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European Stocks End Up Despite Greece Jitters
The Euro Stoxx 50 ends up 0.2% at 2493.96, retreating from the session high of 2520.78 on reports the release of Greece's bailout funds could be delayed.
"The market started to question whether Europe will actually save Greece," says Duarte Caldas at IG Markets, Lisbon.
However, the reaction in equity markets has not been catastrophic. Traders are becoming tired of the constant tug of war between European officials and Greek lawmakers.
In addition, corporate earnings offer support. Heineken ends up 3.7%, Danone 1.9% higher and BNP Paribas up 4.1% after well-received results.
On Thursday, the focus will inevitably remain on Greece. Also, the euro-zone's monthly bulletin is at 0900 GMT.
U.S. housing starts and initial jobless claims will be of interest.
Euro-Zone GDP Fall
Economic activity fell across much of the debt-plagued euro zone in the final quarter of 2011, with contractions stretching from fragile Greece to mighty Germany.
Euro-zone gross domestic product fell 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the previous quarter, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said. That translates to a contraction of 1.3% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, J.P. Morgan estimates.
"The debt crisis has thrown the euro zone recovery into reverse," said Martin van Vliet, economist at ING Bank.
Still, the output decline was slightly less than economists had feared, suggesting Europe's downturn won't be as severe as the one the gripped the global economy in 2008 and 2009 after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
For 2011 as a whole, euro-zone GDP grew 1.5%, down from 1.9% in 2010. Economists expect the euro bloc to stagnate this year or, at best, barely expand.
Countries such as Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece are taking drastic steps to reduce massive government debt loads by cutting spending and raising taxes. That effort is hampered by shrinking economies, which drain government coffers of tax revenue and increase social spending.
For wealthier economies such as Germany and the Netherlands, weak economies at home could further dampen public willingness to support Greece and others with bailouts.
The risk isn't confined to Europe. Other regions such as the U.S. are just starting to see stronger, jobs-filled recoveries while emerging markets are expected to post robust growth this year. If the euro zone, which accounts for about one-fifth of global GDP, falters, it could derail the global recovery.
"It matters very much if the euro zone isn't growing," said Greg Fuzesi, economist at J.P.Morgan.
If there is a disorderly debt default in Greece and investors lose confidence in the ability of European policymakers to stem the crisis "then the spillovers could be great" to the rest of the world, Mr. Fuzesi said.
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Belgium Government Mulls Further Budget Measures
Belgium's government is bracing itself for planning a further round of budget savings, the budget minister said Wednesday, as it grapples with pressure from the European Union to meet its fiscal targets and worsening economic forecasts.
"We're sticking to the goal as set out in the stability pact of the EU," which aims for the country to have a budget deficit of 2.8% of gross domestic product, budget minister Olivier Chastel said in a statement.
"There's a difference between budgetary control, which has already begun with bilateral meetings, and the conclave meeting."
The Bureau de Plan, the federal agency which issues the forecasts the government uses to draw up the budget, said last week it expects the country's economy to grow by just 0.1% in 2012, down from the 0.8% forecast used to draft the budget late last year.
The Belgian National Bank said Wednesday it expects a contraction of 0.1%, casting a further note of gloom over proceedings.
The first conclave meeting should take place on the morning of Feb. 26. Ministers hope to reach an agreement on the necessary measures by Mar. 4 at the latest.
"Resolute implementation and close monitoring are essential," National Bank Governor Luc Coene wrote in his foreword to the bank's annual report Wednesday.
"If there is any risk of failure to meet the target of cutting the deficit to 2.8% in 2012, then steps must be taken immediately to ensure sustainable fiscal consolidation."
It'll be the latest round of cuts for the heavily-indebted country, where the public debt-to-GDP ratio is just below 100%. Belgium shrank the initial budget by €11.3 billion through a combination of tax hikes and cutting public spending.
But the EU said last month this wasn't sufficient and, following further talks, an additional €1.3 billion spending freeze was put in place.
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Juncker: Confident Eurogroup To Make Needed Decisions Feb. 20
Euro-zone finance ministers are set to take the decisions linked to Greece's second bailout and private-debt restructuring at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, February 20, the head of their group said in a written statement Wednesday.
Eurogroup President Jean Claude Juncker said Athens had taken the necessary steps to open the way to close the deal, including identifying €325 million of cuts in its 2012 budget and providing written assurances by its two main political leaders.
"We received the strong assurances provided by the leaders of the two coalition parties in Greece's government," Mr. Juncker said in his statement, which followed a teleconference among the 17 finance ministers of the common-currency bloc.
He added that Greece had completed the required steps with officials from its troika of lenders–the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund–to identify "the required additional consolidation measures of €325 million and the establishment of a detailed list of prior actions together with a timeline for their implementation."
Mr. Juncker said that, "on the basis of the elements that are currently on the table and the above-mentioned additional input, I am confident that the Eurogroup will be able to take all the necessary decisions on Monday 20 February."
Venizelos: Greece Has Met Prior Actions Needed For Loan Deal
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said that Greece has met prior actions demanded by international creditors in exchange for further aid and that an announcement on a debt write-down plan could be made early next week.
Speaking to journalists after a conference call with euro-zone finance ministers, Mr. Venizelos said issues regarding political pledges to Greece's reform program have been resolved, along with how to fill a €325 million budget gap for 2012.
"There are other issues, technical issues, relating to the framework we are operating in. These will be prepared in a euro working group on Sunday in Brussels, so that a final decision can be taken regarding the program's approval and for the public announcement of the PSI [private sector involvement] Monday," he said, referring to a bond swap program which is a crucial part of Greece's second bailout package.
Euro Zone Shows Optimism on Greek Aid
Euro-zone finance ministers ended a conference call over a new bailout and debt restructuring for Greece late Wednesday with their chairman expressing optimism that a long-awaited accord could be wrapped up soon.
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Anne Basting, a scholar in theater and aging at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has won a prestigious, $40,000 award for a project that seeks to reconnect isolated seniors with the community in Milwaukee.
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