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Greek Signals of Compromise Send Markets Soaring
February 4th, 2015
Greece’s new leaders, on a hopscotch tour of European capitals, convinced markets on Tuesday they are eager for a deal with creditors, but their still fuzzy proposals await a harder hearing from Athens’s toughest lender: the German government. Investors ...
Greece Asks ECB to Keep Banks Afloat, Tsipras Pitches Deal
February 2nd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the hunt for allies against German demands for austerity as his week-old government appealed to the European Central Bank not to shut off the money tap. Tsipras traveled to Cyprus on Monday before ...
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to visit London
January 30th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis to meet George Osborne and City bankers on whistlestop tour of Europe to drum up support for Athens’ Syriza government The new Greek finance minister is to call on George Osborne and City bankers next week as part of ...
$11 Billion Wiped From Greek Banks on Nationalization Threat
January 29th, 2015
The amount that investors gave Greek lenders last year was wiped off in three days of trading amid the threat of greater government control. In a bid to boost balance sheets, the nation’s banks raised more than $11.5 billion ...
Greek finance minister: ‘End the vicious cycle’
January 28th, 2015
Greece‘ s newly elected government will look to “end the vicious cycle” of bailout and borrowing that has persisted through years of financial crisis, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told CNBC on Tuesday. Varoufakis is a member of the Cabinet ...
Greece will not default on bailout debts – PM Tsipras
January 28th, 2015
New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says his country will not default on its debts. Addressing his first cabinet meeting since being elected on Sunday, the left-wing Syriza party leader said he would negotiate with creditors over the €240bn (£179bn; ...
Greece election: Anti-austerity Syriza leader Tsipras vows to end ‘pain’
January 26th, 2015
Anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras has vowed to end Greece’s “five years of humiliation and pain” after his general election win. Before cheering supporters, Mr Tsipras again pledged to renegotiate Greece’s massive international bailout. With nearly all of ...
Euro Falls to Two-Year Low Amid Greek Concern as Yuan Weakens
December 30th, 2014
The euro declined to a two-year low versus the dollar on concern anti-austerity opposition party Syriza will win Greek elections next month, endangering the country’s bailout agreement. The 18-nation euro fell versus 11 of its 16 major counterparts amid ...
Davos 2016: eight key themes for the World Economic Forum
January 19th, 2016
Political and business leaders gather at Swiss ski resort to discuss issues including robots, terrorism, migration and inequality The world’s political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities – including Leonardo DiCaprio – are heading to Davos, ...
The Next Great European Financial Crisis Has Begun
June 18th, 2015
The Greek financial system is in the process of totally imploding, and the rest of Europe will soon follow. Neither the Greeks nor the Germans are willing to give in, and that means that there is very little chance ...
