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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hedge fund's Greek windfall
One of the world's most prominent hedge funds is sitting on a $500m profit after making a bet that Greece would not be forced to leave the eurozone, bucking the trend in a difficult year for the industry.
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State suspensions, salary cuts trigger strike in Greece
State suspensions, salary cuts trigger strike in Greece Washington Post ATHENS, Greece — Civil servants in Greece are on a 24-hour strike against new austerity measures that will see more pay cuts next year as well as a rare round of job cuts. Wednesday's strike led to public transport stoppages in Athens, while public ... |
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State suspensions trigger Greek strike
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Civil servants in Greece are on a 24-hour strike against new austerity measures that will see more pay cuts next year as well as a rare round of job cuts.
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Greek Upgrade Could Mean a More Diverse 2013
Greek Upgrade Could Mean a More Diverse 2013 - WSJ.com Wall Street Journal For the euro zone's guardians, 2012 is ending in a fashion they could scarcely have hoped for when it began. Back then, talk of a euro breakup was perhaps more mainstream that it had ever been. Once the preserve of Anglo-Saxon curmudgeons and ... |
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Credit Rating Upgrade Is Good News For Greece
Credit Rating Upgrade Is Good News For Greece NPR A day after eurozone lenders finally released about $45 billion in loans to Greece, a top credit agency raised its rating on the country by a six points. It's a rare piece of good news for Greece, which still faces Depression-level unemployment and at ... |
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European Stocks Climb After S&P Upgrades Greece
![]() BBC News | European Stocks Climb After S&P Upgrades Greece Businessweek European (SXXP) stocks climbed, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index rising for a second day, as Standard & Poor's raised Greece's credit rating and investors awaited economic reports from the U.S. and Germany. U.S. index futures were little changed, while ... S&P Lifts Rating on Greece to 18-Month High - WSJ.com Standard & Poor's hikes Greece's credit rating S&P raises Greece's credit rating |
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Greek Jobless Rate Seen Near 32% in 2014
Greek Jobless Rate Seen Near 32% in 2014 Greek Reporter Jobless Even as Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said he has saved Greece from bankruptcy and ruination by securing more loans from international lenders, the attached austerity measures are so devastating to society that they will raise ... |
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