It's All Greek to Us: Greek Culture Finally Gets Its Due
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:18:40 -0800

With the current Greek fiscal crisis seemingly plastered to the headlines, Greeks are quickly becoming a punchline. But Greek culture has a depth beyond the news cycle. In fact, Greeks are one of the most impactful cultures on the planet. ...

Wall Street's happy new year: Dow up almost 180
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:14:34 -0800

Investors have been afraid that a Greek exit from the euro currency union would further disrupt the Greek economy and cause heavy losses for European banks that hold Greek government debt, perhaps triggering a global financial crisis. ...

Former Casa Mia becoming Greek eatery
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:15:39 -0800

But it looks like the building at 3312 W. Nob Hill Blvd. will soon be home to a new Greek restaurant. Co-owner Mo Harandi said he's been working on renovations for the restaurant, which does not yet have a name. Harandi is aiming to have the restaurant ...

Regulators Fleeing Credit Raters Embrace Zero-Risk Greek Bonds
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:31:07 -0800

The new Basel rules, like the current ones, will allow the largest banks to use internal models to assign risk to assets, including Greek bonds, unless regulators object. The US never implemented the earlier Basel framework, known as Basel II, ...

Greek community volunteering at elementaries
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:22:49 -0800

5:05 pm The University of Iowa Greek community has teamed up with local elementary schools to provide tutoring and even help kids hone their chess skills through a new Adopt-A-School program, which began in October. About 40 UI Greek students volunteer ...

As I See It: English is often Greek to many people
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:07:10 -0800

They may be English words, spelled alike, but are Greek to many. Think of the hunter who accidentally shot himself and suffered a wound in the leg. A bandage was wound around the wound to stop the bleeding (the wound was wound). Get it? ...

Knightley Says Greek Debt Writedown Won't Solve Crisis
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:13:56 -0800

3 (Bloomberg) -- James Knightley, an economist at ING Bank NV in London, talks about Greek bonds and the economic outlook for the UK and US in 2012. He speaks with Andrea Catherwood on Bloomberg Television's "Last Word. ...

Greek Tragedy!
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:02:18 -0800

It's understandable that they want to make themselves look good, but everyone in Greek volleyball knows that they don't have any money so it seemed a low blow as a parting gift. As I pen this I am in my last 24 hours as a player in Greece. ...

Are Black Greeks More Violent than White Greeks ?
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:07:00 -0800

Most hazing deaths linked to non-Historical Black Greek organizations had to do with alcohol poisoning or alcohol-related accidents. It has caused many to reevaluate the role of violence within the Black Greek community once again, which some say ...

Greek , Italian cash heads for hills, or under pool
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:25:08 -0800

ATHENS/MILAN: Greeks and Italians are taking their money and running, moving it abroad or even burying it underground for fear the euro zone crisis will topple banks and wipe out what remains of their savings. Bankers in Greece say worries about the ...

Two Greek Graffiti Artists at this Year's Wynwood Walls
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:04:50 -0800

Among these are two Greek well-known graffiti artists, b. and Stelios Faitakis. Graffiti works of the two young men have decorated many walls not only in Athens downtown but also in different countries around the world. According to b., Street art, ...

Voluntary Greek Debt Deal Must Be Based On Oct 26 Terms-Bank Group
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:35:03 -0800

Washington (Dow Jones)--The group negotiating a debt deal with Greece on behalf of private bondholders says that any agreement must be based on the terms of the Oct. 26 accord, which represented a voluntary, 50% reduction in the value of government ...

Monti Prescribes 'Aspirin' for New Year's Debt Ache: Euro Credit
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:27:49 -0800

Record Years Italian and Greek bonds had their worst years on record in 2011 as Europe's financial woes intensified. Greek bonds lost 63 percent through Dec. 29, the largest since at least 2000, while Italian bonds dropped 5.7 percent for the worst ...

The Greek and the Phoenicia in the Mediterranean
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:19:34 -0800

"'The Greek and the Phoenicia in the Mediterranean crossroads": this is the impressive title of the important exhibition which has just been inaugurated in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. "'The Greek and the Phoenicia in the Mediterranean ...

A Voluntary Greek Debt Deal?
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:51:05 -0800

But a new paper by financial-law academic Mitu Gulati and Jeromin Zettelmeyer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, published today, puts a, sort of, positive spin on the gloom over Greek private sector involvement or PSI. Messrs. ...

Greek Favorites Available Even Late
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:24:28 -0800

Bellagio Ristorante, Italian, Greek and American Cuisine offers traditional Greek fare in a kitchen that closes late. Our perfectly melted saganaki. I did not snap the picture quickly enough to catch the flame. I have eaten at Bellagio Ristorante, ...

Greek tax chief wants official in court
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:41:33 -0800

Prosecutor Grigoris Peponis issued the order just days after a public spat with Greek PM Lucas Papademos' unelected coalition in which Mr Peponis briefly resigned, accusing the administration of trying to sideline him. He returned to his duties two ...

Greek bank chief warns against quitting euro
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:10:00 -0800

"I am convinced that Greeks will mobilise in the national effort to return as soon as possible to the path of social and economic progress within the eurozone," he added. Greece is slogging through a fourth year of recession that has seen its economy ...

More public spending to support employment
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:41:52 -0800

With the ' Greek tragedy' still unfolding, following two years of austerity programmes that have sent the economy to its deepest-ever recession and almost completely dissolved political and social cohesion, the final outcome is that the end of 2011 ...

Greece to back EU on Iran sanctions
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:56:07 -0800

By Val Brickates Kennedy BOSTON (Market Watch) -- Despite being increasingly dependent on Iranian oil, Greek officials said Tuesday that the Greek government will back an embargo on Iranian oil if its fellow European Union states move to impose one, ...