
Not exactly groundbreaking, but it makes clear that the EU wants Greece to vote for Plan A: stay in the eurozone. Follow Bruno and Christopher Hope on Twitter for more live updates from Brussels tonight. 21.15 Reports of a EU-wide system to guarantee bank deposits first surfaced at last week's G8 summit, according to reports in the Italian media. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said that the proposal would guarantee bank deposits to "stop the haemorrhaging of funds from one country to another, from the south to the north". 21.11 So why the sudden surge? One rumour (and I stress the word rumour) doing the rounds is this: 21.07 Following heavy falls on open, some US stock markets are back in the black. The S&P ...
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