Europe Debt Crisis Spreads To Portugal

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and PAN PYLAS, Associated Press
Tue, 04/27/2010 - 2:31pm

ATHENS (AP) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's pushed Greece to the brink of a financial abyss Tuesday and downgraded Portugal's debt, too, fueling fears of a continent-wide debt meltdown in Europe....

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