The insurance market Lloyd’s of London is preparing contingency plans for the possibility of the euro collapsing, its chief executive tells a newspaper.

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Lloyd’s ‘plans for euro collapse’

The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.

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UK plans for EU immigration rise

Nick Clegg is to warn of the dangers of a Greek exit from the euro and describe the response to the crisis as “woefully fragmented”.

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Greek euro exit too risky – Clegg

Will Germany bend to pressure on the euro?

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Will Merkel bend to pressure on euro?

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said she would discuss stimulus programs to get the Greek economy growing again and that she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone.

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Greek Stimulus Is an Option, Merkel Says

How would Greece actually leave the euro?

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How does Greece leave the euro?

Germany’s devotion to the euro runs extremely deep, but there is a growing conviction that it is up to Greece to follow through on its commitments and that Europe is done negotiating.

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German Patience With Greece on the Euro Wears Thin

Several banks and hedge funds are buying Greek bonds, betting that the nation will remain in the euro zone and that bondholders won’t take a haircut in a new debt deal.

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Bondholders Bullish on Greece

Wall Street notched its fifth consecutive decline on Tuesday fueled by concerns over the euro zone.

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Wall Street Follows Europe Down Sharply

The ratings agency Standard & Poor’s also cut Portugal’s credit to junk status, lowered Italy’s rating and downgraded several other countries caught in the euro crisis.

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Debt Ratings Cut for 9 Countries Amid Euro Woes

If the euro falls, Britain will sink, but if Europe forges a closer unity among the euro zone countries, then Britain faces being ever more marginalized.

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Britain Suffers as a Bystander to Europe’s Crisis

One of the architects of the euro, Jacques Delors, says it was flawed from the start, as his plans for economic co-ordination were never followed.

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Delors: Euro flawed from launch

Market indexes gained more than 4 percent after central banks acted to contain the debt crisis in the euro zone. But a half-dozen similar rallies made recently have quickly withered.

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Markets Surge on Action By Several Central Banks

European leaders say there’s no reason to prepare for the unthinkable: the breakup of the euro zone. But some big banks are no longer so sure.

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Banks Fear Breakup of the Euro Zone

What strange stories do the euro’s coins tell us?

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The euro’s strange stories