Greece and its Hot Financial Mess
[waitingforcorrection: no audio attached, invalid GUID] Greece’s parliament is expected to be met with tens of thousands of protesters today, as they vote on a number of austerity measures. Demonstrators are not too happy with the prospects of higher taxes and spending cuts, but Greece’s government is under tremendous pressure to get its finances in order by EU leaders, or face not receiving anymore bailout money, and risk going into default. Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, has the latest.
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