Greece's Presidential Vote Just Failed And Markets Are Crashing

Greece's parliament just voted on the government's presidential candidate, and didn't get the super-majority it needed. Snap elections are now coming on January 25th, and Greece's stocks are going through the floor again. This was the third and final round of voting by Greek politicians: The government need a super-majority to avoid the sudden elections. That meant it needed 180 of 300 MPs to approve Stavros Dimas, the candidate. The governing coalition has 155 MPs, and it persuaded another 13 t...