[09:11 March 19 2010] Greece will not ask for financial aid from anybody, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said during a cabinet meeting on the new tax bill in Athens Thursday.
[08:44 March 19 2010] Greece raised the stakes yesterday in its quest for EU help to tackle its debt crisis, warning it cannot achieve promised deficit cuts if its borrowing costs remain high and that it might have to call in the IMF.
[09:15 March 18 2010] EU finance ministers Tuesday discussed standby plans drawn up by countries using the euro to provide Greece with financial help if it becomes the first state in 11 years of the monetary union to seek such aid.
[07:10 March 18 2010] OPEC oil ministers decided on Wednesday to keep their output unchanged after a conference of the 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
