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Business
Samaras Tells Banks To Start Lending
With the Greek government moving to recapitalize and stabilize banks, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told the heads of the four biggest financial institutions that they should start lending against to to help ease the shortage of liquidity and boost...
Economy
Piraeus Bank Hits Capital Mark
Greece's Piraeus Bank, whose Chairman, Michalis Sallas, has been accused of questionable activities and is set to make a huge profit out of the country's coming bank recapitalization - has raised nearly double the amount of money needed to...
Greece
Piraeus Bank Says Recap Plan Ok'd
With Greek banks on the ropes and awaiting an injection of 50 billion euros ($65 billion) in state funds, the country's second-largest lender, Piraeus Bank, said shareholders have approved a recapitalization plan that is intended to safeguard the bank's...