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Greek stocks fall as debt deal talks stall
February 17th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis: “We are ready and willing to do whatever it takes” Greece’s stock market fell by more than 4% at its open after European finance ministers failed to reach a new deal to restructure the country’s debts. Greek ...
Greece’s Varoufakis Says ‘No More Loans’ Until Credible Growth Plan: NYT Interview
February 17th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said his government was not asking for a way out of repaying the country’s debt, but wanted a few months of financial stability. In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Varoufakis also ...
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Tokyo shares at eight-year top, Greek talks loom
February 16th, 2015
Japanese shares touched an eight-year high on Monday following a record close on Wall Street, with investors cautiously optimistic the European Union would make progress this week on a debt deal with Greece. Oil prices faded after an early spurt, ...
German Economic Growth Accelerates, French GDP Only Slightly Higher
February 13th, 2015
The eurozone’s largest economies were on diverging paths in the final three months of 2014, as German growth accelerated, France slid closer to stagnation and ...
Can there be contagion with the Greek crisis?
February 13th, 2015
One question that has hovered around the global media recently, but has remained I believe unanswered, is what will be the likely outcome of a “Grexit” to the rest of the Eurozone countries as well as the rest of ...
Asian shares jump on Ukraine ceasefire, Greek hopes
February 13th, 2015
Asian shares soared on Friday on news of a ceasefire accord in Ukraine, while Sweden’s surprise move to cut its main rate into negative territory and hopes of a resolution between debt-strapped Greece and its creditors burnished risk appetite. MSCI’s broadest index ...
Greece, lenders appear to edge closer to deal
February 13th, 2015
There were hopes on Thursday that Greece and the eurozone might be edging toward a deal after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, attending his first European Union summit, agreed for government officials and representatives of the country’s lenders to find ...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
Asia stocks, euro fall as Greek uncertainty saps confidence
February 12th, 2015
Asian stocks and the euro fell on Thursday as markets erred on the side of caution over the ongoing Greek debt negotiations amid conflicting headlines on progress in the talks. The uncertainty is expected to be highlighted in a ...