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IMFs ghostbusters are best choice for Greece

financialexpress Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:08:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Jean-Claude Trichet[1]; Wolfgang Schäuble[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank;

"Who you gonna call?" wasn't just a catchphrase in the film Ghostbusters. If the worst happens in Greece, Spain or Portugal, we're going to hear it all over again, and Europe's.......

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Greek PM seeks U.S., European help in tackling financial crisis

tehrantimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:23:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Robert Mundell[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[4]; George Papaconstantinou[1]; George Papandreou[2];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU;

WASHINGTON(Dispatches) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is urging the United States and Europe to help as it seeks to address its financial crisis and reform its economy. Papandreou was in Washington to discuss the crisis with the Obama administration....

Newsweek: Why Merkel doesn’t want to lead Europe

msnbc Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:26:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Gordon Brown[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Angela Merkel[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2]; Helmut Kohl[1]; Luis Rodríguez[1]; José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero[4];

Other categories: Eurostat; Council President; Economic Forecasting-EU; Spanish Presidency EU; EU Treaty; Market; José Manuel Barroso;

The crisis now engulfing heavily indebted European governments has exposed deep rifts within the European Union, and especially among the 16 countries that use the euro as a common currency. Last week worries about Greece's solvency threatened to infect Spain, a much bigger economy caught in a.......

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

Barroso says EU to help Greece to deal with economic crisis

kuna-en Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:51:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Budget) EU[2]; budget deficit[1];

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Entities: José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; Financial Crisis; EU Treaty; Market; José Manuel Barroso;

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José Manuel Durão Barroso said: "if it is true that the current problems in Greece were not caused by speculation on the financial markets, it is also true that this speculation was an aggravating factor"

BRUSSELS, March 9 (KUNA) -- European Commissiion President Jose Manuel Barroso said here Tuesday that he has been actively working with euro area member states to design a mechanism which Greece could use in case of need. "Such a mechanism would be in conformity with the current Lisbon Treaty, in particular with the no bail-out clause....

Clinton on integration of Balkans

b92net_en Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:49:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: EU-USA;

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton says EU integration of the Western Balkans countries were of essential importance for regional stability and development. She stated that she had spoken with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is on a three-day visit to U.S....

Greek PM calls for crackdown on speculators

nzherald Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:43:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Timothy F Geithner[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou said: "If the European crisis metastasises, it could create a new global financial crisis with implications as grave as the US-originated crisis two years ago,"

George Papandreou said: "haunts Greece and all of us"

Americans asked to help Europe regulate the 'scourge' of credit-default swapsGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou will press United States President Barack Obama to help Europe combat "unprincipled speculators" who he says have......

Greece Seeks U.S. Action, But Not Handout

CBSnews Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:33:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Timothy F Geithner[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; George Papaconstantinou[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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Greek PM George Papandreou to Meet with Obama, Calls for Tighter U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds and Currency Traders...

Greece's Papandreou calls for stiffer hedge fund regulation

setimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:32:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Turkey-EU; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou said: "An ongoing euro crisis could cause a domino effect, driving up borrowing costs for other countries with large deficits and causing volatility in bond and currency rates across the world,"

Market speculation must be reined in if a future world economic crisis is to be avoided, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said during a meeting with the US secretary of state....

EU contemplates banning speculative credit default trading

earthtimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:06:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Budget) EU[4]; budget deficit[1]; European Commission[1];

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Entities: José Manuel Durão Barroso[2];

Other categories: ECnews; Market; European Parliament; José Manuel Barroso;

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José Manuel Durão Barroso said: "If it is true that the current problems in Greece were not caused by speculation on the financial markets, it is also true that this speculation was an aggravating factor,"

José Manuel Durão Barroso said: "increase market transparency and limit the risks,"

Strasbourg, France - The European Union's executive is to consider banning naked speculative trading in credit default swaps (CDS), a tool by which investors try to cover themselves against default, the head of the body said Tuesday. Both the EU an......

Greece braced for more strikes as Papandreou meets Obama

earthtimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:36:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Market;

Athens - Greece on Tuesday was braced for more strikes this week as Prime Minister George Papandreou continued a four nation tour aimed at boosting the country's financial credibility amid a debt crisis. The 24-hour nationwide strike, the second in t......

Debt crisis could affect U.S., warns Greece's Papandreou

phantis Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:10:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Market;

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George Papandreou said: "We're not asking for money,"

George Papandreou said: "lowers the possibility that if problems develop we would have to go to the IMF,"

WASHINGTON - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday that the United States would not be a mere bystander if his country's debt crisis were to worsen. In a speech at the Brookings Institution, a liberal think tank, Papandreou said that a wider crisis would cause the euro to weaken against the dollar in foreign-exchange trading....

Greek PM to urge Barack Obama to crack down on speculators

guardian Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:35:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Budget) European commission[1]; EU[1]; budget deficit[2];

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; ECnews; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou told: "Unprincipled speculators are making billions every day by betting on a Greek default,"

Angela Merkel said: "Greece has won some trust back through the steps taken by its government,"

George Papandreou to meet US president in latest stage of his whirlwind campaign to drum up support for his debt-laden country The prime minister of Greece will tonight urge Barack Obama to crack down on financial speculators when he visits the White House....

Eurozone's Juncker joins Merkel's call for 'European Monetary Fund'

earthtimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:06:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Wolfgang Schäuble[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EU Treaty; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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Jean-Claude Juncker said: "general direction meets with our agreement,"

Jean-Claude Juncker said: "cannot be an invitation to sit back and relax our own efforts,"

Jean-Claude Juncker acknowledged: "Thousands of questions will have to be cleared up,"

Luxembourg - Jean-Claude Juncker, the influential head of the group of eurozone finance ministers, lent his weight to German calls for a European Monetary Fund to maintain the stability of the euro after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel o......

Saving the Euro: Berlin and Paris Take Aim at Speculators

spiegel-en Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:26:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Budget) EU[6]; budget deficit[1]; European Commission[1];

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Entities: Jörg Krämer[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Jürgen Stark[1]; Olli Rehn[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[2]; Klaus Zimmermann[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Angela Merkel[2]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; ECnews; Institutional Affairs; Olli Rehn; Market; José Manuel Barroso;

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Jean-Claude Juncker said: "we have the instruments of torture in the basement"

Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are considering measures to limit the kind of speculation that has targeted the European common currency in recent weeks. If Brussels doesn't take action, France and Germany are prepared to go it alone....

Articles published more than 12 hours ago

Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama

newschannel5 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:02:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Timothy F Geithner[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Desmond Butler[1]; George Papaconstantinou[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou said: "For America, a weak euro means a rising dollar. That, in turn, means a rising U.S. trade deficit,"

George Papandreou said: "It is common sense, enforced by insurance regulators, that a person is not allowed to buy fire insurance on his neighbor's house, and then burn it down to collect on that insurance," "If Europe and America jointly step in to shore up global financial regulation, and to finally ensure enforcement of regulations, we can curtail such activities"

Ahead of a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the United States cannot afford to ignore the financial woes of his country and, by extension, Europe....

Clinton: Greece Did Not Ask US for Economic Aid

novinite Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:49:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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Hillary Rodham Clinton said: "Neither the prime minister nor Greece has asked the United States for anything,"

The United States says Greece is not looking for financial assistance, but to work within the G-20 to press for additional regulatory changes in the financial markets. "Neither the prime minister nor Greece has asked the United States for anything," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at.......

Greece wants US to get tough with hedge funds

europeanvoice Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:27:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Michel Barnier[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; George Papandreou[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; ECnews; Financial Crisis; Michel Barnier; EU-USA; Market; European Parliament; José Manuel Barroso; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou said: “Unprincipled speculators are making billions every day by betting on a Greek default,”

George Papandreou said: “Europe and America must say ‘enough is enough' to these speculators,”

Greek prime minister to ask Obama for greater regulation to prevent financial speculation....

UK’s position in research “under threat”

ukgovpublic Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:26:00 AM CET | info

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The Council for Science and Technology (CST), the quango tasked with advising the Prime Minister and heads of the devolved governments on sustaining and developing science, engineering, and technology, has issued a strong warning for the UK Government to “adopt a clear long term vision for support.......

Reuters World News Highlights

stabroeknews Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:11:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Robert Gates[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; EU-USA;

KABUL – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned against over-optimism despite “bits and pieces of good news” from Afghanistan, warning of hard days ahead as ......

MEPs threaten budget veto over diplomatic service

euobserver Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:47:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Catherine Ashton[1]; Hannes Swoboda[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; External Affairs; Catherine Ashton; Members of the European Parliament; EU Foreign Affairs Representative;

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Hannes Swoboda says: "We cannot accept the insistence of the council to be more or less the supreme decider on this issue, because foreign policy is not only CFSP [Common Foreign and Security Policy] as such but it is all that the commission did until now did in their commission delegations. So it cannot be that the council appropriates all the issues and the nominations. And of course it would mean a reduction of the influence of the parliament,"

Hannes Swoboda said: "The basis from where our discussion has to go out is the commission line, then of course, you have to take into account some of the concerns of the council and the parliament,"

MEPs fear that current proposals, drawn up and circulated by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton last week, seek to take away too much of what is directly the European Commission's responsibility. They also do not contain key parliament demands such as having budgetary control over the service.......

Portugal tightens finances to avoid Greek crisis

examiner Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:46:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Fernando Teixeira dos Santos[2];

Other categories: Market;

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Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said: "rests, essentially, on a reduction in public spending,"

PORTUGAL announced new austerity measures yesterday, cutting welfare benefits and government hiring as well as selling assets and raising taxes....

French president warns speculators to lay off Greece

ChinaPost Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:38:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Angela Merkel[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; George Papandreou[1]; Christine Lagarde[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Market;

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Nicolas Sarkozy told: “The Greek government ... took the measures asked of it. Euro zone states must now be ready to take theirs,”

Nicolas Sarkozy said: “Of course, the future of Greece is in question, but it's also that of Europe being played out,” “Europeans have created a common currency — all the countries that share this currency must show solidarity”

Nicolas Sarkozy said: “on a certain number of precise measures,” “If Greece needs them (the measures), we'll be there,”

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - 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 said....

Greece urging US to better regulate hedge funds

newschannel5 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 2:29:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[2]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Desmond Butler[1]; George Papaconstantinou[2]; George Papandreou[2];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU;

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George Papandreou said: "It is common sense, enforced by insurance regulators, that a person is not allowed to buy fire insurance on his neighbor's house - and then burn it down to collect on that insurance,"

Greece is urging the United States to step up regulation of hedge funds that Athens blames for making Greece's economic crisis worse....

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