Top partnership story of 2011: The euro zone mess
The lack of ability of biased leaders to be as long as up with a long-term table to reduce the federal account dearth led the good name rating agency Standard & Poors to take away Uncle Sams first-rate AAA good name rating used for the key stretch. The opinionated internal strife enraged voters, spooked investors and led to the lowest consumer confidence level of the day. But the nations long-term borrowing overheads fell like the calamity. The reason: U.S. debt still looks safer to investors than almost everything as well, especially European debt.