Wall Street Journal But now governments are considering whether illiquid assets such as Greek companies or even real estate could be used, the officials say. One obstacle to such a plan is that much of what Greeceowns is already earmarked to be sold for privatization ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Bund sold off after a strong start of equities FXstreet.com Finnish PM Katainen answered “yes” when asked if Finland could drop out of the Greece bailout if collateral is denied. Today, the WSJ reports that euro zone governments are discussing the “brilliant” idea to have noncash Greek government assets (the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Blackburn-bound John still eyes Greece call-up Kathimerini By George Georgakopoulos George John has refuted reports he is turning his back on the Greeknational team, with his agent telling Kathimerini English Edition on August 23 that the FC Dallas defender is always interested in the Greek side, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EU Morning Report- Euro rallies after the EU summit IBTimes Canada EU leaders agreed on a package on Greece under which Greek debt is exchanged for new bonds of a longer maturity with low interest rates. The deal also ensures that Greek banks will avoid fallout by providing liquidity from the European Central Bank. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cheese of the week: Bulgerian Feta Evansville Courier & Press It crowns Greek salads and gyros, is featured on Mediterranean appetizer plates, and is crumbled onto pizza and pasta to give a Greek flair. Feta-type cheese is native to the Balkan countries. Now, it is made all over the world, although "true" feta ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Angela Merkel, stand strong against Euro-bonds! Jerusalem Post Greece has managed to rack up debt to a tune of 160% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while Italy's is at 120%. By contrast, Germany owes just 80% – still a high figure. Germany is Europe's most productive nation, and the anchor of the Euro, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Aug 24 Reuters Euro zone governments are discussing a plan to have non-cash Greek government assets, including real estate, offered as collateral for a new round of rescue lending to Greece. * Euro zone growth remained at a two-year low in August as Germany slowed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dooomed! Dooomed! We're all doomed! * Spend Matters UK/Europe And let's face it; if you were a wealthy Greek, what would you be doing with your resources rightnow? Getting your wealth the hell out of there, I suspect. So anyone want to bet on Greece hitting their deficit reduction targets given the current run ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Steve Kean working 'full blast' to make Blackburn signings The Independent The centre-back is due in Blackburn today after travelling to Greece to collect a passport given his dual American-Greek nationality. But recruiting another striker is now Kean's top priority, despite the recent signing of David Goodwillie from Dundee ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greece - MFA - Foreign Minister Lambrinidis' statement on the latest ... ISRIA (registration) We suspended the operation of the Greek embassy in Tripoli and established diplomatic contacts with the National Transitional Council in Benghazi. We dynamically pursued the initialization of a political process. At our fourth meeting, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Former US finance chief says euro is 'breaking down' EUobserver.com "We have found with Greece a technically suitable model and now the question is what kind of political will there is to support this model," he said. Austrian finance minister Maria Fekter on Tuesday indicated that Vienna will block the Finnish-Greek ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Turkey Boom Most Since Ataturk Lets Erdogan Take Up Masterpiece Bloomberg The island republic, an EU member, is effectively partitioned, with Turkish Cypriots controlling the smaller, northern region and Greek Cypriots dominant elsewhere. Erdogan's response to these scattered signs of adversity is typical: to plow ahead with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Victoria Beckham Condemned To Wear Flats Jezebel "I think when I go back [to Greece] I'll work more, but for Greek magazines, doing jobs after school. Finishing school is important, and I want to do that before I take anything big on." Smart girl. [WWD] Grammarians, get out your pearls! ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Wednesday's news and tips Investors Chronicle Jyrki Katainen, the Finnish prime minister, has threatened to withdraw support for the Greek bailout in a move that could crush the fragile signs of recovery on global markets. Mr Katainen said that if Finland's bilateral agreement with Greece over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Forex - Japan Flows: JGBs reverse losses; FinMin Noda takes different approach ... FXstreet.com The belly regaining traction vs. the wider wings of the 2s-5s-10s 'fly (5y UK-DE -0.9bp) but 10s-30snow +1bp as mkt shifts back on a defensive footing. Spotlight on Finnish-Greek collateral debate which risks blowing the second bailout deal right out ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Zapatero Follows EU Allies in Pledging Law on Budget Rules San Francisco Chronicle The government will now be able to secure parliamentary approval by the end of September for enhancing the powers of the EFSF and a second Greek bailout plan proposed at a European Union summit on July 21, Zapatero said. Today's belt tightening comes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Economic chaos with no end in sight Socialistworker.co.uk In other cases, such as the weaker eurozone economies of Portugal, Ireland and Greece, governments were forced to turn to the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank (ECB) for bailouts. They had austerity imposed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Global economy will not suffer another deep recession People's Daily Online The European debt crisis triggered by the Greek debt crisis is rapidly spreading to other European countries that face sovereign debt issues, such as Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain. According to the latest economic data, the considerable declines ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wordwatch: panic The Caledonian Mercury The word panic has its origins in the Greek god Pan. You might think that Pan is an unlikely source of mass alarm. After all, he was the god of nature, pastures, groves, flocks and that kind of thing – and, indeed, it is highly possible that his name ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Today's Top Stories: S&P President Walks the Plank Portfolio.com (blog) (CNBC, Reuters) Economic woes continue for Greece: The Greek government now believes the country's economy will shrink by five percent this year, rather than the 3.9 percent initially predicted. Meanwhile, questions have been raised over whether the EU ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Some eastern light in the west Londoner Giannarapis has been infatuated with the music of that region since he was eight years old, growing up in a deeply rooted Greek family in London. He trained in the accordion at the Ontario Conservatory of Music as a kid, but afterwards went to great ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Forex - Good morning Emerging Europe/Africa! FX HIGHLIGHTS PLN CZK HUF RUB TRY ZAR FXMarketAlerts.com USD/Asians: Spate of bad news from the Eurozone concerning divisions over Greek bailout allocations and Moody's Japan downgrade saw EUR briefly slip below 1.4400 as USD strengthened against regional currencies. KRW, as volatile as ever, weakened 0.3% ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| If a Candidate for President Doesn't Actually Want to Be President Should We Care? Huffington Post (blog) At this point no one -- including Newt Gingrich himself -- actually believes the man wants to be president, including his staff, most of whom quit after his Greek campaign swing. (Apparently there weren't as many eligible American voters and donors in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Dramatic news – undramatic FX movements FXstreet.com In addition, Finland declared that it might want to withdraw from the 'bail-out agreement' made between Europe and Greece if no satisfactory agreement is made about provision of security to Finland. The 2-year yield spread between German and Greek ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Burns opts to stay in Europe SBS ... as he was to Kerkyra in 2009, helping the Greek club win promotion to the top flight. “Nathan has been happy in Greece ... but problem is he wants to be playing more games at this stage of his career, so we will see what happens,” added Mandic. See all stories on this topic » |
| Fox Business - Latest News - Greek Banks To Detail Debt Swap ... 9, financial daily Imerisia reports Tuesday. The Greek daily added that ... Specifically, thenewspaper says that within the next three weeks, Greece's lenders ... swap some EUR135 billion in Greek government bonds maturing between now ... m.foxbusiness.com/quickPage.html?page=32811...1 
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