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Greek Prime Minister Overhauls Cabinet

ATHENS, Greece (Sept. 7) -- Greece's embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou has overhauled his Cabinet, retaining top ministers in key posts but demoting and unseating others crimping government designs to enact reforms, spur growth and yank Greece out of its deepening recession. Although anticipated for months,...

Greek PM Poised for Cabinet Shake-up

ATHENS, Greece (Sept. 6) -- Greece's embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou looks set to overhaul his Cabinet as criticism swells over lagging attempts to enact reforms, spur growth and yank Greece out of its deepening recession. It remained unclear, however, whether the shake-up -- anticipated for months, and now due...

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05/24/12 TIME TO ADMIT IT: Independent Central Banking Has Been... Source: The Business Insider If one myth has been slain by the financial crisis and the response to it, it's the idea that central banks ought to be independent and unaccountable politically.
05/18/12 Germany's SchÃ¤uble calls for directly-elected EU... Source: EurActiv.com At a time of sharp divisions within the EU, it might seem surprising that SchÃ¤uble was greeted on Thursday (17 May) as a 'great European' and received the Charlemagne Prize, the major international statesmanship award granted by the German city of Aachen.
05/17/12 Ex-ECB head unveils bold plan to save the euro Source: Reuters Europe could strengthen its monetary union by giving European politicians the power to declare a sovereign state bankrupt and take over its fiscal policy, the former head of the European Central Bank said on Thursday in unveiling a bold proposal to salvage the euro.
05/17/12 IFR SPECIAL REPORT: Europe's banks on the brink Source: Reuters The eurozone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as president of the European Central Bank.
05/03/12 Trichet still flies the ECB flag Source: John Gapper's Business - FT.com Shortly before Mario Draghi started his press conference at the European Central Bank's meeting in Barcelona on Thursday, his predecessor Jean-Claude Trichet was addressing a more sympathetic audience at the St Gallen Symposium in Switzerland.

Background on jean claude trichet

Jean-Claude Trichet (; born 20 December 1942) is a French civil servant who was the president of the European Central Bank, a position he held from 2003 to 2011. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.

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