GREECE Today, Nov 10, 2011

Greece Selects Prime Minister After Days of Wrangling New York Times Thanasssis Stavrakis/AP By SUZANNE DALEY and NIKI KITSANTONIS ATHENS — Lucas Papademos, a respected economist with an avuncular style, was named prime minister of Greece on Thursday. He will lead a unity government that has pledged to quickly approve ... See all stories on this topic »

Greece Agrees on Former Bank Official as PM Voice of America November 10, 2011 Greece Agrees on Former Bank Official as PM VOA News Greecehas named a former top official of the European Central Bank as interim prime minister after days of intense talks about a coalition government the country hopes will help it ... See all stories on this topic »

IMF head says Italy, Greece need 'political clarity' about leadership to ... Washington Post BEIJING — The head of the International Monetary Fund called on Italy and Greece toshow “political clarity” about their debt crises, saying uncertainty about who will lead those countries is fueling financial volatility. Christine Lagarde was in ... See all stories on this topic »

Credit Agricole Profit Hit By Greece, Choppy Markets Wall Street Journal FR) Thursday reported a 65% drop in third-quarter net profit, hit by a heavier-than-expected write-down on its Greek government bonds and further losses at its troubled Emporiki Bank of Greece unit. Chief Executive Jean-Paul Chifflet warned that the ... See all stories on this topic »

WRAPUP 1-Greece keeps Deutsche Telekom worried Reuters By Harro ten Wolde and Angeliki Koutantou FRANKFURT/ATHENS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The euro zone crisis and government austerity measures ate into Deutsche Telekom's business in Greece and other southern European countries in the third quarter. ... See all stories on this topic »

Explainer: Fears Rise That Italy Could Join Greece In Eurocrash RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty By Charles Recknagel Ancient Greece and Rome created the civilization of Western Europe. Will modern Greece and Rome now bring it crashing down -- at least in the form of the eurozone? Those fears may still be premature, but they have been mounting for ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Restructuring, loans to Greece cost Dexia $8.7B BusinessWeek In a sign of the uncertainty over the situation in Greece and whether the country will actually implement a bailout deal reached with the eurozone and private investors late last month, Dexia decided to take a larger loss on its Greek bond holdings ... See all stories on this topic »

What Greece's Interim Prime Minister Lucas Papedemos Must Do Forbes What then is Lucas Papedemos to do as Greece's interim prime minister? We address interim assignments in our book, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, and suggest that interim leaders must start by getting clarity on whether interim means “holding ... See all stories on this topic »

Greece's New PM: Great Honor, Greater Responsibility Novinite.com Greek Prime Minister designate Loukas Papapdemos exits the presidential mansion after a political leaders council, in Athens, Greece, 10 November 2011. EPA/BGNESGreece's newly selected Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has called for unity of the Greeks ... See all stories on this topic »

Greece: Papademos joins coalition talks Newsday Click here Greece: Papademos joins coalition talks Originally published: November 10, 2011 2:14 AM Updated: November 10, 2011 5:20 AM By The Associated Press (AP) -- Former European Central Bank Vice President Lucas Papademos has joined Greek political ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

Desperate Greece still needed to produce deadly weapons ... By Antony Loewenstein As Greece is forced by European leaders to abandon a referendum to allow the people the chance to vote on its latest bailout conditions, the country is preparing for yet another dose of austerity. The conditions of the next €130bn rescue ... Antony Loewenstein

'America's Next Top Model': Greece is the word - From Inside the ... By Andrea Reiher The “America's Next Top Model” girls head to Greece, to be part of a Greek salad for their photoshoot. Yes, really. From Inside the Box

Greek unity government talks end without agreement - Wednesday 9 ... The search for Greece's next prime minister rumbled on without agreement, on a day when Italy's borrowing costs smashed through 7% mark. www.guardian.co.uk/.../greece-prime-minister-italy-berlusconi...

Greece to do what's needed for euro: Papandreou - MarketWatch FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Greece will implement its latest bailout plan and do whatever it takes to remain in the euro, outgoing Greek Prime Minister ... www.marketwatch.com/.../greece-to-do-whats-needed-for-eur...

Greece to form coalition government - FT.com The leaders of Greece's two largest political parties last night decided to form a government of national unity to start implementing a €130bn bail-out plan, then ... www.ft.com/.../7c455fc4-087f-11e1-bc4d-00144feabdc0.html

In Money-making Scheme, Greece to Wed Kim Kardashian for 72 ... ATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – The Greek debt crisis that has roiled world markets for weeks was resolved today when Greece agreed to marry TV reality star ... www.borowitzreport.com/.../in-moneymaking-scheme-greece-...

Attention Turns to Italy After Greece Forms New Government - ABC ... Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Sean Gallup/Getty Images ABC News Kelly Cobiella reports: Greek political leaders were deep in talks to form a new ... abcnews.go.com/.../greece-forms-new-government-amid-finan...