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PM Tsipras sees troubled reform talks ending by May 1

  Athens / AFP Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said reform talks with the country’s EU-IMF creditors, delayed by disagreements over pension cuts and bad loans, could conclude by May 1. “I believe the target I have specified, to conclude (the talks) by Orthodox Easter (on May 1)… is feasible,” Tsipras told state television ERT. “We are on the verge, I ...

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EU weighs softer derivatives rules

  Bloomberg Banks and asset managers moved closer to winning easier rules for derivatives as European Union member states signaled support for amending regulations as part of a delay in the wider law that revamps oversight of trading across the continent. EU states are considering attaching the policy changes to legislation postponing until January 2018 the vast MiFID II law ...

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German healthcare loses billions a year to fraud

  AFP Germany’s healthcare system is losing as much as a billion euros a year to scammers, some of whom are linked to the Russian mafia, according to a media report on Sunday. One scam involves health workers who charge for 24-hour care but are alleged to only check on their patients two or three times a day, said the ...

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