Greek CDS overtures fall on deaf ears in Washington
(Reuters) - Greek leaders' overtures for far tougher curbs on credit default swaps fell largely on deaf ears in Washington, but they'll go back to Athens with some sage advice from local policy wonks:...
Curbing derivatives might hurt, not help, Greece
- Stevenson Jacobs - The Associated Press
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- March 10, 2010
NEW YORK — Derivatives have become a dirty word.
The complex financial products helped blow up the U.S. housing market. They all but sank AIG. Now European officials want to crack down on a derivativ...
Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
- Desmond Butler - The Associated Press
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- March 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Thursday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts spar...
Greece Admitted to U.S. Visa Waiver Program
- TNH staff
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- March 09, 2010
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the designation of Greece as a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)—strengthening passenger information...
Greek PM: Obama receptive to reining in speculators
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- March 09, 2010
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Tuesday he had received a positive response from U.S. President Barack Obama to calls for a global campaign to rein in ma...
The Long-Term Effect of the Greek Euro Crisis
- Paul Taylor - The New York Times
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- March 09, 2010
PARIS — The Greek debt crisis will change the way the euro zone works, but probably not in the direction that the single currency’s founding fathers had hoped.
When they negotiated the Maastricht T...
Greek PM appears on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- TNH staff
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- March 09, 2010
Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou appeared on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on Monday March 8, 2010. The transcript of his interview is available below:
JUDY WOODRUFF: Prime Minister George Pap...
Greek PM to urge Barack Obama to crack down on speculators
- Graeme Wearden - The Guardian
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- March 09, 2010
The prime minister of Greece will tonight urge Barack Obama to crack down on financial speculators when he visits the White House.
George Papandreou will meet the US president at 2pm EST (7pm GMT) ...
Greece Calls On Obama
- Parmy Olson - Forbes
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- March 09, 2010
LONDON--Having been dissected in the board rooms and circular parliaments of Europe, Greece's financial problems are finally coming to the United States--in the form of a moustached man in a suit and ...
Remarks by Greek PM George Papandreou, Secretary Clinton
- TNH staff
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- March 08, 2010
Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Treaty Room in the State Department in Washington DC on Monday evening, March 8, 2010. Below is the full te...
Greek PM says to meet Turkish leader 'very soon'
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Monday he would meet Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan within the next few months to discuss a "just solution" for Cyprus.
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Clinton Says U.S. Backs Greece’s ‘Tough’ Economic Moves
- Desmond Butler - The Associated Press
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- March 08, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — Greece's prime minister is hoping his trip to Washington will boost efforts to get his country out of a financial crisis. But Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Gree...
Greek tax collectors on strike
ATHENS - GREEK tax collectors led fresh strikes on Monday against the government's austerity measures, just as Prime Minister George Papandreou appeared to have reassured key European partners.
Tax...
Greece can help itself: central bank head
BERLIN — Greece will not require external aid to get out of its debt crisis, the country's central bank governor said Monday, adding that the government would take "brave steps" to combat further diff...
Sarkozy to speculators: Lay off Greece
- Elena Becatoros - The Associated Press
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- March 08, 2010
PARIS (AP) — Speculators beware: The euro zone's biggest powers will back Greece through the debt crisis that has jeopardized all 16 nations in the common currency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy sa...
Sarkozy Says Eurozone Ready to Help Greece if Needed
- Jonathan Stearns and Maria Petrakis
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- March 07, 2010
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the euro region must be ready to help Greece should it struggle to fund its budget deficit, arguing that the country is “under attack” from...
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