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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoraof SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Democratic Left, to discuss an agreed solution was less than his role... employees. A few days before Christmas, Parliament passed a government amendment to rehire more than... the leftist party is doing anything more than paying lip service to the idea of breaking
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Greek stocks, bond yields feel impact of Parliament's failure to elect president
Economyof the session with the Athens Stock Exchange General Index dropping by more than 7 percent at the opening.... The 5-year bond yield passed the 10-percent. It reached 10.64 percent after a daily rise of more than 1.5 pp. Similarly, the 10-year yield showed an increase of more than 1 pp at the closing, rising to 9.58
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To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, it also attempts to present a more caring, less elitist face than the previous failed... media coverage than other smaller parties. Drasi always found it difficult to convince voters... government to be a coalition rather than single-party one. According to GPO, 38.3 percent of SYRIZA
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Greek bond yields at post-PSI high as Athens bourse continues plunge
Economyto recover more than half of its earlier losses in the last 1.5 hour of trading. It is clear that investors... the 25 large cap stocks on Wednesday. However, the banking index has tumbled by more than 30 percent... in the bond market with the 3-year Greek government bond yield climbing by more than 1.5 percentage
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Review completion and SMP redemptions will decide Greece's QE eligibility
EconomyProgramme20 percent will be taken on by the ECB. The ECB will not buy more than 33 percent of the issuer’s... is lower given the ECB’s SMP holdings of more than 25 billion. In addition, following the PSI and debt... with a cash value of more than 21 billion euros as of March, the gradual lack of renewal of interbank repos
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Why Greece’s ‘also ran’ parties are crucial
Agoramillion votes, or some 19 percent of the total. Taken together, that made them more successful than New... of them who could afford to run again took 368,277 votes, or almost 6 percent. That was more than the communist KKE received and just less than Democratic Left, which won 17 seats. This time round
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Pressing economic tasks mounting up for next Greek government
EconomyProgrammebillion in March. In previous transactions like this, foreign investors purchased more than half... sources note that withdrawals so far are manageable and much lower than those before the June 2012... the downward trend evident in December, when revenues fell by more than 17 percent. If budget revenues
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The immediate economic and financial hurdles for the new Greek government
EconomyProgramme. Greek banks would also resort to ELA to replace cash value of ECB funding of more than 20 billion, which... as of March. Note that Greek banks hold EFSF bonds of more than 37 billion of which less than half is used
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Growth in new car registrations slows to 12.8 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomythe beginning of 2012. The vast majority (more than 80 percent) of new licenses involves passenger cars, which rose 9.9 percent in January to 8,091. The prefecture of Attica registered less than half of total motor vehicle circulation licenses in January compared to more than 62 percent in December
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Greek stocks tumble, bond yields rise in wake of Tsipras speech
Economymillion almost half the average turnover of 162 million last week. Bank shares made up more than 60... more than 3.5 percentage points (pp) to 21.78 percent. It was at 18.14 percent last Friday. The yield of the 5-year bond widened more than 2.2 pp to 16.51 percent from 14.25 percent on Friday
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