Spain halves deficit with painful austerity cuts

2 September 2010, 7:13 pm

MADRID (AP) - Spain's deficit is down sharply thanks to an unpopular cocktail of tax hikes and austerity cuts - good news for a government fighting to ward off fears it might need a bailout like the one that saved Greece from bankruptcy.... Read More »

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