Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Elena Salgado" produced 24 items.
| 1. Banks face bigger haircuts on Greek debt | October 22, 2011 |
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EU finance ministers considering big increase in involvement of private sector in bail-out of Greece. Finance ministers from the EU's 27 member states will today try to... | |
| 2. Leveraging EU rescue fund is 'an option' | October 3, 2011 |
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Eurozone ministers to consider using bail-out fund to raise more money to contain debt crisis. Finance ministers from the eurozone's 17 member states are to discuss ways to... | |
| 3. Free-wheeling economist | June 9, 2011 |
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It was third time lucky for Belgium's members of the ECB executive board. As he settled into his 34th-floor office in downtown Frankfurt last week, Peter Praet could have... |
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| 4. Banks face tougher stress tests | April 9, 2011 |
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European banking regulator says this year's tests will have higher standards. Banks will have to fulfil tougher criteria if they are to pass this year's round of stress... |
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| 5. Portugal's bail-out 'will not lead to contagion' | April 8, 2011 |
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Officials say Spain will not be forced to seek financial aid. EU finance ministers and officials today said they believe that Portugal's bail-out will draw a line under the... |
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| 6. After difficult start, Spain salvages pride | July 1, 2010 |
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Spain's presidency of the Council of Ministers got off to a shaky start but got better. Spain's presidency of the Council of Ministers was not good, but not as bad as it... | |
| 7. Doubts about health of banks blight EU's recovery efforts | July 1, 2010 |
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EU member states struggle to convince markets about control over problems in the banking sector. The governments of the European Union are struggling to convince financial... |
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| 8. Eurozone puts vote lock on €440 billion rescue fund | May 18, 2010 |
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Unanimity will be needed to release eurozone funds Eurozone finance ministers agreed operating details for a €750 billion stabilisation fund to help eurozone countries... | |
| 9. EU agrees to co-operate when banks fail | April 17, 2010 |
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Commission says EU member states back greater policy co-ordination and creation of bank-financed bail-out funds, but pooling of funds remains “sensitive”.
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| 10. Ministers 'support' budget vetting by EU | April 17, 2010 |
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European commissioner says EU ministers “broadly support” idea of “systematic and rigorous assessment” of national budget plans by European Commission. The European... | |
| 11. Fund managers fear being shut out by reforms | April 8, 2010 |
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Proposed EU legislation on hedge funds has caused anger in the UK and the US, but its opponents will have to work fast to stop it taking effect. Hedge funds and private... |
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| 12. Brown and Merkel to push for global bank levies at G20 | April 2, 2010 |
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Leaders of Germany and the UK want special fund to guard against future financial crises. Germany and the UK have promised to push for a global agreement to make banks pay... |
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| 13. Hedge funds: go slowly but surely | March 18, 2010 |
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Cool heads are required if the right decision is to be made. Law-making in the European Union poses challenges. One of them is knowing when to pick up the pace and when to... | |
| 14. Talks on new hedge fund rules postponed | March 16, 2010 |
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The search for agreement on new EU hedge fund rules was postponed at a meeting of member states' finance ministers today, in a bid to persuade the UK to drop its opposition. | |
| 15. Ministers back economic measures for Greece | February 16, 2010 |
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Troubled country must reduce its budget deficit by four percentage points this year. The finance ministers of the EU today adopted a list of structural reforms that Greece... |
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| 16. Different ways to make the bankers pay | January 21, 2010 |
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Sweden proposes a fee to fund bail-outs but plan receives cautious response from ministers. European governments will attempt over the coming months to agree on how the... |
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| 17. EU urges Iceland to repay investors | January 8, 2010 |
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EU presidency warns that referendum on British-Dutch compensation deal could delay Iceland's accession to the EU. The Spanish presidency said today that Iceland's EU... | |
| 18. Meeting and greeting | January 7, 2010 |
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A (very) slimmed-down Commission heads off to Madrid. By tradition, at the start of each presidency of the Council of Ministers, the College of commissioners treks off to... |
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| 19. ‘Chance' of agreement on increased tax co-operation | January 7, 2010 |
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Austria may drop its opposition to tax deal and Spain wants approval of anti-fraud agreement. Diplomats are optimistic that finance ministers will agree on a set of laws to... |
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| 20. Flexible minister | November 12, 2009 |
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Spain's finance minister has yet to show if she can escape from her boss's shadow. The victims of the financial crisis have included some of Europe's finance ministers. One... |
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