Meanwhile, our friends across the Atlantic are feeling the pressure as bond vigilantes continue to train their fire on the weakest members of the European Monetary Union.

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The Europeans are the world masters at organizing conferences in Brussels committee rooms, however, now they are rapidly running out of time and credibility as they have sought to stem the forest fire of a sovereign-debt crisis almost a year after the Greek bond market hits the buffers and needed a bailout.

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