If I had the good fortune to be travelling to Greece this month, I would make sure to take a wad of euros with me as some restaurants are declining credit cards ... more
Financial experts with Greece's economic fate in their hands are back in Athens to decide whether the country qualifies for another slice of bailout money to avert bankruptcy... more
Cracks emerge in the fragile consensus around rescue efforts for the eurozone amid public clashes over plans to expand bailout funds for stricken nations... more
Europe's strugglers come under renewed pressure as worried debt markets give the thumbs-down to the latest prevarication from finance ministers over Greece's continuing financial plight... more
Shares rally across Europe as fearful stock markets take temporary heart from France and Germany's public vote of confidence in beleaguered Greece... more
Vodafone shares slipped in a strongly rising market as investors reacted to its admission of talks to strike a deal in economically crippled Greece... more
European leaders need to issue a "strong message" saying the focus is on giving Athens breathing room by easing the burden of debt repayment rates and deadlines, says French Finance Minister Francois Baroin... more
The IMF is xpected to come to the rescue of struggling Greece with a €3 billion (£2.7 billion) payment in time to help the crisis-hit nation pay its debts and avert a disastrous default... more
One of the many bad things the American banks brought with them when they arrived in the City around the time of Big Bang in the Eighties was this: a plague of "workaholics" who don't do that much... more
Beleaguered Greece faces "catastrophe" if politicians throw out a painful €28 billion (£24.9 billion) package of spending cuts and tax hikes this week, a leading Greek minister has said... more
Strikes and demonstrations against economic reforms began in Greece 13 months ago. Since then, 2.5 million Brits have travelled there, and the vast majority (me included) have enjoyed tremendous holidays... more
Crisis-hit Greece faces fresh scrutiny over its painful €28 billion (£24.7 billion) austerity measures as European leaders put the brakes on the latest bailout loans needed to avert a catastrophic default... more
Talk of an international tug of war over accountancy software group Sage sparked rare interest in a nervy session where worries about Greece largely damped the spirits of the City's wheeler-dealers... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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