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| Good Morning Aron | | EU racing to draft second Greek bailout: sources | May 30, 2011 07:25 AM ET | BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - The European Union is working on a second bailout package for Greece in a race to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting, EU officials said on Monday. | Full Article | S&P cuts Tepco rating to junk | May 30, 2011 08:31 AM ET | TOKYO (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard and Poor's cut its credit rating on Tokyo Electric Power to junk status on Monday, saying the utility's bank lenders were more likely to be forced to write off debt as part of a restructuring scheme to compensate victims of an ongoing nuclear crisis. | Full Article | Lagarde has G8 backing; hits back at inquiry call | May 30, 2011 05:32 AM ET | PARIS (Reuters) - G8 leaders all back French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to run the IMF, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday, as the candidate attacked a call to investigate her role in a 2008 legal case that may harm her chances. | Full Article | | | US TOP NEWS | Mladic could be sent to war crimes court in 4 days | May 30, 2011 08:07 AM ET | BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia may send Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within four days, a justice official said on Monday, despite riots by nationalists angry at the Bosnian Serb general's capture after 16 years on the run. | Full Article | Greek opposition sets demands as EU/IMF verdict nears | May 30, 2011 07:55 AM ET | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative opposition demanded tax cuts on Monday as the price for a consensus deal with the Socialist government on imposing yet more austerity, a major condition for getting further aid from the EU and IMF. | Full Article | Germany wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest | May 30, 2011 08:36 AM ET | BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday it would shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy u-turn drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. | Full Article | South African President Zuma flies into Tripoli | May 30, 2011 08:28 AM ET | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma flew into Tripoli Monday to try to broker a peace deal with Muammar Gaddafi, just hours after NATO's secretary-general said the Libyan leader's "reign of terror" was coming to an end. | Full Article | | | HEALTH NEWS | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | | | |
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