Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-03-30

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] ASE opening: Decline

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines 

[01] ASE opening: Decline

Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward, with the biggest gains in Food & Beverate, up 1.02 percent; and Raw Materials, up 0.89 percent.

The biggest losses were in Chemicals, down 2.59 percent; and Banks, down 1.22 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 1.16 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 1.04 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 1.87 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 37 were up, 34 were down, and 17 were unchanged.

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[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The rises in the Greek deficit and debt, Standard & Poor's downgrading of Greece by two notches and strikes in the health and education sector were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Wednesday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The changes in secondary education".

AVGHI: "Education, health, resistance".

AVRIANI: "Greek debt reaches 700 billion euros - Politicians concealing the truth and fooling the people".

ELEFTHEROS: "Meetings/theatrics by Papandreou - Lies and mutinies by ministers".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Samaras' outburst against government and 'underground' scenarios".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Mergers of institutions of higher education".

ESTIA: "Low taxes would generate higher revenues"

ETHNOS: "Stop to funding for 405 state organisations that have not submitted balance sheets to State Accounts office".

IMERISSIA: "Double slap from Standard & Poor's - Greece to remain in European support mechanism after 2013".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Downgrading that points the way to the support mechanism after 2013".

KATHIMERINI: "Downgrading with harsh message".

LOGOS: "S&P did not 'see' the recovery".

NIKI: "The PPC (Public Power Corporation) in...package deal".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Health-Education for the people and not for profit".

TA NEA: "Keratea another Libya".

VRADYNI: "The people's sacrifices going to waste".

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