Greece has secured the first of the privatisation deals required under its international bailout, with the sale of its 33 per cent stake in betting firm OPAP to a Greek-Czech investment fund.
- Sat
- May 25, 2013
- Updated: 2:30pm
Trending topics
2 May 2013
The world economy is not growing fast enough to generate jobs for millions who have become unemployed due to the financial crisis but it is gaining strength gradually, a top IMF official said.
11:38AM
30 Apr 2013
The Cypriot parliament begins a debate later on Tuesday on a 10-billion-euro (HK$101.5 billion) EU-IMF bailout which Finance Minister Haris Georgiades has described as a tough but necessary...
12:03PM
29 Apr 2013
Middle-income Asian economies enjoy better growth prospects than countries in other parts of the world but they must improve government institutions and liberalise rigid labour and product markets...
12:11PM
25 Apr 2013
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has urged Congress to permanently boost US funding for the International Monetary Fund, saying it was essential for Washington to maintain its influence at the...
11:31AM
14 Oct 2012
China’s top level boycott of global financial meetings in Japan this week is a sign of things to come, analysts say, as an economically emboldened Beijing shows struggling Western nations it doesn...
1:02PM
12 comments
The head of the US Federal Reserve on Sunday defended the central bank’s monetary easing measures after criticism that stimulus was to blame for destabilising capital flows around the world.
1:37PM
The IMF on Friday all but ruled out a hard landing for China’s slowing economy, saying it would expand despite increasing headwinds from battered markets in Europe and the United States.
8:50PM
In Case You Missed It
Login
SCMP.com Account
or
Log in using a partner site
Log in using your Facebook account. What's this?
Don't have an SCMP.com account? Subscribe Now!