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The accord, which had been months in the making, seeks to reduce Greece's massive debts on all fronts, with both private and official creditors going beyond what they said was possible. On top of the new rescue loans, Athens will also ask banks and...
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The foreign currency futures ended off their best levels or lower on Tuesday after news that Eurozone finance ministers finally struck a deal for a second bailout program for Greece failed to impress. Even the euro and franc surrendered some of their...
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In a major report in 2010 (sensitively titled “Will It Hurt?”), a team of International Monetary Fund economists recommended that governments cut the most politically sensitive things first – and then keep them cut. More specifically, the economists...
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French police questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn all day Tuesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring. Strauss-Kahn, a one-time French presidential hopeful whose chances were derailed by a sexual...
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Strauss-Kahn, a one-time French presidential hopeful whose chances were derailed by a sexual assault accusation in New York, arrived at the police station in the northern city of Lille for a pre-arranged morning appointment. He hadn’t emerged by...
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Using prostitutes is not illegal in France. But potential charges hang on whether investigating magistrates are convinced Strauss-Kahn knew that the women he had sex with in restaurants, hotels and swingers clubs in Paris, Washington and several...
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European leaders are expected to agree on a new, higher firewall for euro bloc countries that get into financial trouble, a step that policy makers hope will signal the beginning of the end of the crisis. The talks yesterday addressed the firewall...
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Inability to pay — or unwillingness to accept the harsh conditions — could lead to a non-negotiated “hard” default that could end in Greece leaving the euro. The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund hope the new program will eventually put...
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Greece has been surviving since May 2010 on a first 110 billion euros ($146 billion) batch of loans from the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund. That was not enough for the country to pay off its debts, however, and without more help the...
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Athens is expected to quickly anchor in its constitution a provision for “ensuring that priority is granted to debt-servicing payments,” which is possibly a blocked account to protect public lenders’ interests. Permanent monitors from the European...
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Ryssdal: We've been here before, thinking the Greek debt crisis is well and truly over. But it does seem that this time Athens and its lenders really mean it. Pretty much everybody that Greece owes money to -- other countries, the International Monetary...
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Dow Jones industrial average made charged up to the nice round number of 13,000 Tuesday morning, but stocks faltered and by day’s end the 30-component index was lower than where it began the day. A second round of bailout funding for Greece – some €130...
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Private-sector creditors also agreed to take a write-down on their bonds of more than 53%, which is expected to cut Greece's debt by EUR107 billion. However, fears that the bailout package is not enough were sparked by an International Monetary Fund...
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The government is shunning the International Monetary Fund as it struggles to agree on discounted fuel imports from Russia, with whom clashes halted European gas transit twice since 2006. That’s fanned concern over its ability to meet $11.9 billion in...
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"We have a lot of work to do from now until the end of March," he added. Completion of the transaction by the deadline specified by Papademos would provide Greece with much needed new funds. On March 20 it must make a 14.5-billion-euro debt repayment. ...
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The 32-year-old writer was one of the first to accuse him of sexual assault in 2003; she stated that Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her during an interview in 2003. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is being...
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Paying a prostitute is not in itself illegal in France, but profiting from vice or embezzling company funds to pay for sex can lead to charges. The former director of the International Monetary Fund admits he has led an adventurous sex life, but denies...
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In real terms, the swap means investors will take an even higher loss of 74 percent on the value of their bonds. But the prospect of ending up with nothing at all if Greece is pushed into full default is seen convincing many to accept the swap. ...
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They have questioned prostitutes who said they had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 at a luxury hotel in Paris, a restaurant in the French capital and also in Washington, D.C. AP Photo - Former International Monetary Fund leader, Dominique...
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G20 is not yet ready to agree on providing more funds to the International Monetary Fund to fight Europe’s debt crisis, Japan’s finance minister said Tuesday ahead of a key meeting this weekend. The Group of 20 nations “are not yet in a situation where...
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Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of France (C) is surrounded by the media as he arrives in a car at the Gendarmerie for questioning by a judge investigating the so-called "Hotel Carlton" affair in Lille February 21, 2012.
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Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of France (C) is surrounded by the media as he arrives in a car at the Gendarmerie for questioning by a judge investigating the so-called "Hotel Carlton" affair in Lille February 21, 2012.
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