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Greek ex-finance minister denies criminal charges over names deleted from Swiss accounts list

ATHENS, Greece – The former finance minister who handled Greece’s first international bailout in 2010 has denied criminal charges of allegedly removing relatives’ names from a list of Greeks holding Swiss bank accounts with HSBC. Speaking in court Thursday, George Papaconstantinou claimed the three names were intentionally deleted to inculpate …

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Romania finance minister resigns amid investigation he took $2.1 million in bribes when mayor

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s finance minister has resigned amid an investigation into suspicions that he took 2 million euros ($2.1 million) in bribes when he was a mayor. Darius Valcov handed in his resignation Sunday evening, hours after President Klaus Iohannis urged the prime minister to fire him as criticism …

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Global watchdog pushes up forecast for world economic growth this year to 4 percent

PARIS – A key international economic monitor has nudged up its forecast for global economic growth this year amid low interest rates, inflation and oil prices in some major countries. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, a grouping of the world’s richest countries that acts like a think tank, …

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