Friday, February 8, 2013

UPDATE 2-Greece sees smaller deficit this year, fiscal gap looms later

Fri Feb 8, 2013 9:35am EST
By Harry Papachristou

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Greece will cut its budget deficit this year by more than expected after securing debt relief, but will need to bridge a 2.5 billion euro gap to meet its long-term fiscal targets, new budget projections showed.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Global shares, euro pause ahead of ECB decision


By Richard Hubbard
London | Thu Feb 7, 2013 3:39am EST
(Reuters) - The euro, German bonds and shares steadied on Thursday, as investors awaited the European Central Bank's policy meeting later in the day and President Mario Draghi's views on the region's growth prospects.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Euro, shares recover as European worries recede


By Richard Hubbard
LONDON | Tue Feb 5, 2013 5:37am EST
(Reuters) - European shares and the euro steadied on Tuesday, a day after a sharp selloff caused by rising political risks in southern Europe, as new data confirmed the region's economy is showing clear signs of recovery.

Monday, February 4, 2013

European political worries halt risk asset rally


By Richard Hubbard
London | Mon Feb 4, 2013 11:23am GMT
(Reuters) - Stronger U.S. and Chinese economic data supported world equity markets on Monday, while the euro dipped and Spanish bond yields rose as growing political uncertainty in southern Europe worried investors.

EURO GOVT-Political risks hurt Spanish and Italian bonds


Mon Feb 4, 2013 4:11am EST
* Spanish and Italian yields rise as political risks grow

* 2013 rally in peripheral bonds reaching stretched levels

* Bunds rebound but remain lower after late Friday selloff

By William James

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Σωστά καταργούν το φαύλο καθεστώς σε ΑΕΙ και ΤΕΙ – Ο Σύριζα γιατί αντιδρά;


Το άρθρο δημοσιεύθηκε στον ιστότοπο www.aixmi.gr
Του Γ. Λοβέρδου
Το σχέδιο «Αθηνά», με το οποίο ο Κ. Αρβανιτόπουλος κι η ηγεσία του υπουργείου Παιδείας επιχειρούν να βάλουν τάξη στον κυκεώνα, που είχε προκληθεί στον χώρο της Ανώτατης Παιδείας με την πληθώρα Πανεπιστημίων και ΤΕΙ, είναι αναμφίβολα προς τη σωστή κατεύθυνση.

ΕΠΙΦΥΛΑΚΤΙΚΟΙ ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΣΧΕΔΙΟ ''ΑΘΗΝΑ''


(Σημ. περιέχει όλες τις μέχρι στιγμής ανακοινώσεις των κομμάτων για το σχέδιο) 
Τη Δευτέρα η Σύνοδος Πρυτάνεων

Ούτε αρνητικά ούτε θετικά ήταν η πρώτη αντίδραση της ακαδημαϊκής κοινότητας για το σχέδιο «Αθηνά», καθώς επίκειται η σύγκληση έκτακτης Συνόδου των Πρυτάνεων για να συζητηθεί το θέμα. Τη Δευτέρα το μεσημέρι θα συνεδριάσει η διευρυμένη συντονιστική επιτροπή της Συνόδου, στην οποία μπορούν να συμμετάσχουν όποιοι πρυτάνεις θέλουν προκειμένου να εκφράσουν την άποψή τους.

Το σχέδιο «Αθηνά» αλλάζει το τοπίο στα ΑΕΙ


Καταργούνται 94 τμήματα, 3 πανεπιστήμια, 4 ΤΕΙ, οι εισακτέοι μειώνονται κατά 4%, ενώ 11 πόλεις χάνουν τμήματα και φοιτητές
Του Αποστολου Λακασα
Εφημερίδα Καθημερινή
 1-2-2013
Νέο τοπίο διαμορφώνεται στην τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση, καθώς θα διαγραφούν από τον χάρτη τρία πανεπιστήμια (από τα 24 σε 21) και τέσσερα ΤΕΙ (από τα 16 σε 12) και 94 τμήματα πανεπιστημίων και ΤΕΙ (από τα 480 που λειτουργούν σήμερα θα μείνουν 386).

Thursday, January 31, 2013

ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ

ΕΘΝΟΣ
31-3-2013
Ομόσπονδο Πανεπιστήμιο δημιουργείται στην Αθήνα με την επωνυμία «Αδαμάντιος Κοραής» και σ΄αυτό θα ενταχθούν τα πανεπιστήμια Γεωπονικό, Οικονομικό, Πάντειο, Πειραιά και Χαροκόπειο, διατηρώντας όμως την αυτοτέλειά τους.

IMF’s Greek Euro Exit Analysis

January 31, 2013, 9:57 AM
By Matthew Dalton
The Wall Street Journal
We’re a tad late getting to this, but the International Monetary Fund in its latest report on the Greek bailout took an interesting look at how far euro-zone economic output would fall if Greece ditched the common currency. The fund’s answer: Maybe a lot, maybe not so much – though even the “not so much” scenario looks pretty bad.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

GDP contracts on tepid inventories, government spending drop

By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:07am EST
(Reuters) - The economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, suffering its first decline since the recession ended more than three years ago as businesses scaled back on restocking and government spending plunged.

Greenland defied ancient warming


But Antarctic glaciers may be more vulnerable than thought.
NATURE
Quirin Schiermeier
23 January 2013
Over a few exceptionally warm days last July, Greenland’s frozen surface turned into a colossal puddle. Even the coldest parts of the world’s largest island saw ice thaw and rain fall, fuelling concerns over the future of glaciers that hold enough water to raise global sea levels by around 7 metres.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

PRECIOUS-Gold rallies from 2-1/2 wk low; eyes Fed meeting




Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:59am EST
* Federal Reserve policy meeting on Jan 29-30

* Investors alert to U.S. non-farm payrolls on Friday (Updates throughout, changes dateline from SINGAPORE)

By Clara Denina

LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Gold firmed on Tuesday, snapping a four-day losing streak, but gains were limited as investors sought further data to gauge U.S. economic strength, also looking to a Federal Reserve statement later in the week.

Monday, January 28, 2013

A tale of two Davoses


Jan 28th 2013, 14:33 by M.B. | DAVOS
The Economist

THE brainstorming, deal making and schmoozing is over for another year. Davos Man and Woman have come down from their Swiss mountain high and headed home, including this correspondent. What were the main memories and insights they took away from this year's World Economic Forum?

Decoding the 'Signals' From Davos


Posted: 01/27/2013 11:42 am
Rich Lesser
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
huffingtonpost
As I head to Africa after the World Economic Forum in Davos, like most participants I am trying to distill the core insights from the past week. Clearly, the tone of the meeting was more optimistic than last year, with spirits buoyed by the recent upward momentum of China and the U.S. and signs that the euro zone has stepped back from the brink of collapse. But gauging the mood is one thing. Making sense of the cacophony of issues, challenges, and opportunities is another.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Wealth and Poverty in a University Town


Huffington Post
Rena N. Lauer
Ph.D Candidate, Harvard
Posted: 01/25/2013 6:32 pm
The cashier told the woman in front of me that she couldn't buy the sack of potatoes. WIC, the government food program for mothers and children, would not pay for starches, and so the potatoes she had chosen -- "mistaking" them for a vegetable -- had to go back to the supermarket's shelves.

Will Your Mother Live in Poverty?


Victoria Pynchon, Contributor
FORBES
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shenegotiates/2013/01/26/will-your-mother-live-in-poverty/
A recent news release by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development predicts poverty for mothers in their elder years.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Bankers, policymakers say Europe's crisis not over


By Emma Thomasson and Alexander Smith
DAVOS, Switzerland | Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:15pm GMT
(Reuters) - International bankers and finance ministers warned on Saturday that Europe's crisis was not over even though the euro currency is now stabilised, it will take years to overcome economic malaise and mass unemployment in Europe.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Greece Opposition Leader Calls for European Debt Renegotiation Summit


The New York Times
By RICK GLADSTONE
Published: January 25, 2013
¶ The 38-year-old leftist opposition leader in Greece, who could become its next prime minister on a wave of simmering popular fury over the Greek government’s austerity measures, called on Friday for a European summit to ease the crushing debts that threaten not only his country but all of Europe.

Greece orders striking subway workers back to work


Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:24am EST
* Strikers could be arrested under emergency law

* Athenians frustrated by week-long subway closure

* Strike tests government's resolve against unions


ATHENS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Greece's government invoked emergency powers to order striking public transport workers back to work as Athens' subway system remained paralysed for the eighth consecutive day on Thursday.