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...“With the upgrade, the country gains full access to ECB liquidity,” said Dimitris Malliaropulos, chief economist of the Greek central bank. “This will have a favourable effect on Greek bond yields.”...
...Reaching a point where rejoining the investment-grade club — a status bestowed by S&P on just 70 countries — would become a real possibility has been tough....
...That sounds like fast growth, and if it keeps up, S&P 500 earnings per share will be over $50....
...The death of Pavlos Fyssas, known as Killah P, prompted the arrest of Golden Dawn’s parliamentary group and an investigation that resulted in a trial that lasted more than five years....
...Late last month, S&P scored a big acquisition with its $44bn purchase of IHS Markit, which will help the credit rating company incorporate emissions data into ESG scores (S&P acquired RobecoSAM’s ESG ratings...
...Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, who leads Uber's rides business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, will be taking over the additional responsibility of the Asia-Pacific business. Calling all techies....
...Dimitris Paraskevas, managing partner of Elias Paraskevas Attorneys is more tersely damning. “Too many, too similar, too mediocre,” he calls them....
...In New York, the S&P 500 equity benchmark rose 1.1 per cent to a record closing high of 2,121 last night – snapping a three-session run of losses....
...“It’s less about whether the funding is out there but whether the quality of projects is out there,” said Dimitris Tsitsiragos, vice-president of the IFC....
...The creation of the new senior roles will dilute the power of P&G’s two vice-chairman roles, occupied by Dimitri Panayotopoulos and Werner Geissler....
...They are Dimitri Panayotopoulos, vice-chairman of global business units, and Werner Geissler, vice-chairman of global operations....
...Dimitri Panayotopopulos, P&G’s vice chairman for global business units, said in a statement: As in all developing markets, our business here in Africa will remain focused on leading brands that improve...
...Additional reporting by Dimitris Kontogiannis in Athens and Peter Spiegel in Vilnius...
...Susan: Postgraduate degrees generally give candidates an edge, particularly for banks and management consultancies, but also for companies such as P&G, or Johnson & Johnson, etc....
...This is observable both in themed indices, such as value and growth indices, but also in broad indices such as the S&P 500.”...
...Update – more from Nomura’s analysts Dimitris Drakopoulos and Daragh Quinn: - Banks will be given until 11 June to say how they will comply with the reforms....
...“In our view, this is likely to have a negative impact on investment and fiscal planning, which we believe will continue to weigh on Hungary’s medium-term growth prospects,” S&P said...
...Investors could always, though, take an alternative approach, says Dimitris Melas, global head of new product research at MSCI....
...In an increasing sign more and more people are getting upset with the political system and taxes, Andreas P, a 54-year-old clerk at a big Greek supermarket chain, is vowing to refuse to pay the new special...
...Rules have to evolve over time,” says Dimitris Melas, MSCI executive director and global head of new product research....
...decisions reached at the European Union summit last month to provide Greece with a second rescue package, an economic recession now in its third year, and tumultuous market conditions abroad aggravated by S&P’...
...We do the testing and when consumers tell us ‘enough’, we stop,” says Dimitri Panayotopoulos, vice-chairman of P&G’s global business unit....
...Wall Street opened in positive territory, with the S&P 500 adding 2 per cent in the first few minutes of trading....
...The most popular commodity index is the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S&P GSCI), which currently has about $75bn tracking it and has its largest weighting in energy – about 70 per cent....
...The bulk of money remains mixed, and measured against well-known indices supplied by FTSE, MSCI Barra, S&P and others....
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