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Business Daily: Euro exit

Euro exit

11/01/2012

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Euro exit

Worrying scenarios of what might happen if a country were to ditch the euro overnight.

What might happen if a country were to ditch the euro overnight? 

Financial experts and contingency planners look at the possible consequences for a fictional country called Gritaly. 

Scenarios include soldiers guarding cashpoints and citizens smuggling suitcases of euro notes over the border.

Plus, technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff argues the human race has passed a milestone in its use of mobile phones.

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