http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&catid=228News Feed for - Greecehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96555942&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T20:24:00More insight on Dubai and the markets, with CNBC's John Harwood, David Faber & Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; Ken Grant, Waterstone Private Wealth Management; Nick Yrizarry, Nicholas Irizarry & Associates; CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96684257&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T19:55:00SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA AND ATHENS, GREECE, Nov 27 (MARKET WIRE) -- iTokk, Inc. (OTCBB: IKTO), the world's most innovative communications company, via our offices in London, England, today announced that Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96667153&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T13:56:00ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greek bank shares rebounded and government bond yield spreads tightened on Friday as Greek officials sought to reassure markets that the banking system was sound and the country Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96656511&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T12:14:00ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greece's banking system is healthy and banks' capital ratios are high and improving, the country's central banker said on Friday. 'Greece's banking system is healthy and stable,' Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96645978&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T09:13:00ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Friday: GREEK BANKS SELL OFF 9%, UNDERPERFORM PEERS Greek bank shares sold off 9 Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96589310&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T19:26:00DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq: DRYS) closed its offering of $460 million in senior convertible notes. The stock price lost 16 cents to close at $6.19....San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96671823&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T15:34:00ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greece will propose banker Apostolos Tamvakakis as the new chief executive at the country's largest lender National Bank at a board meeting on Dec 2, banking officials told Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96669063&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T14:54:00A union representing civil aviation employees has called a strike that will ground all flights in Greece for four hours on Friday.USA Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96654047&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T11:39:00ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Greece is not facing any borrowing difficulties and will borrow far less next year than in 2009, the country's finance minister said on Friday. 'The borrowing plan of 2010 will Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96690247&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T19:59:00Kevin Hiebert of Winnipeg was convicted in 2000 of life in prison for trying to smuggle cocaine into Greece. (Facebook)A former Winnipegger was ordered back to prison in Greece by a judge in an Amsterdam CBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96653338&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T17:22:00(RTTNews) - Friday, the Statistics Iceland announced that the producer prices were flat in October, on a yearly basis, after rising 12.4% in the previous month. A year ago, in October, producer prices Forex TVhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96560504&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T13:27:00ATHENS: A Greek shipping company has rejected a claim by Somali pirates that one of its cargo vessels and its Ukrainian crew, captured six months ago, had been freed for a $US3.7 million ($3.97 million) Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96460284&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T09:42:00Vodafone and Huawei Technologies of China have opened a laboratory in Milan, Italy to drive core network innovation and to serve customers. The Core Network Innovation Center (CIC) in Milan is equipped Tech-On!http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96689394&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T19:49:00After you've gotten your Dubai fill, take a break and check out the situation in Greece. Here's the Telegraph from earlier this week: When the European Central Bank's Jean-Claude Trichet said last Business Insiderhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96675989&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T16:06:00I've been reading quite a bit of handwring over Greece in the UK papers, and came upon this piece from one of my favorite writers, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, early this week. It was in the "to do pile" The Market Oraclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96674078&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T15:48:00The National Bank of Greece SA (NYSENBG), Greece's largest lender by assets, said Friday it will hold a board of directors' meeting next week to elect new members, sources report. 'National Bank of Greece Street Insiderhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96666452&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T15:38:00Specialist Greek villa holiday company Travel la cartes expansion for 2010 concentrates on tiny Paxos, a haven of tranquillity in the Ionian Sea an hours boat ride from Corfu. To its core of long-standing OfficialWirehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96665019&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T13:28:00A four magnitude earthquake according to the Richter scale has rattled the North Aegean. According to the European Geology Institute an earthquake took place at 01:51 with an epicenter located in the Sabahhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96661669&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T12:58:00Markets are implying that Greece, with its chronic fiscal problems and rocketing public debt, is now a bigger financial risk than Colombia.Money Weekhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96484968&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T12:34:00£5.4m project will extend and modernise 2,500-year-old venueBuildinghttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652716&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T11:25:00After approval from a UK court yesterday, the parent company of Greek full-service telecoms operator Wind Hellas has been placed in administration as part of a restructuring plan to clear more than EUR1 TeleGeographyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96568933&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T19:41:00PNS New Delhi Witnessing a sluggish growth since last two months, it was again in October that the core sector growth slipped to 3.5 per cent as against over 4 per cent in September and around 8 per cent The Pioneerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531065&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T09:16:00'The top line was affected by a continuing sluggish global economy, foreign exchange impact, which is less severe than in the previous quarters, the outset of the new Turkish betting contract in March Interactive Investor Internationalhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96549974&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T05:48:00A court has given the green light to a restructuring deal from Wind Hellas's parent Weather Investments that will wipe out the investments of the Greek telecoms giant's junior creditors. By Simon Meads Exec Digital UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96614509&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2282009-11-27T01:29:00North Sails today confirmed that they have agreed to become an official Race Partner for the Global Ocean Race 2011-12. With a global network of sail lofts and unrivalled experience in the design and SailWorld.com