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• ECB’s Draghi Can Play Pivotal Role in Solving Greek Crisis: View

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has taken a decidedly more activist and creative approach than his predecessor, Jean-Claude Trichet, toward supporting the euro-area economy and propping up its banks. Now, he has an opportunity to take the initiative with Greece, the currency union’s sickest economy.

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  Draghi Softens Outlook on Risks as ECB Refuses to Show Its Hand on Greece

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled the economic outlook has improved, suggesting policy makers may be less inclined to add to stimulus as Greece reached agreement on austerity measures to secure a bailout.

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  ECB Keeps 1% Rate; Focus Turns to Greece

  The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold and altered its assessment of risks to the economic outlook as investors focus on the bank’s possible role in helping Greece avoid default.

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  Draghi’s First 100 Days Presage Greek Help

  In his first 100 days as European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi has taken unprecedented action to tackle the sovereign debt crisis. Greece may push him even further into unknown territory.

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  Draghi Stuck as Trichet’s Bond Plan Proves Not So Temporary: Euro Credit

  The European Central Bank’s bond program, dubbed “temporary” by Jean-Claude Trichet, shows no signs of ending even after 219 billion euros ($289 billion) of purchases augmented by twice as much in three-year loans.

• Federated Investors Rule Fight, Davos Roundup, SEC Watchdog: Compliance

  Federated Investors Inc., the third- largest manager of U.S. money-market mutual funds, is planning legal action to block rule changes being contemplated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the company said could destroy the $2.7 trillion cash-management industry.

• Trichet Says Focus Should Be on Systemically Dangerous Banks

  Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said that it wouldn’t be right to go back to the fragility in the financial system that was evident before the financial crisis.

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  Trichet, Turner Question Real Value of Bigger, Faster Trading

  The technology-driven jump in trading volume has been of little discernible benefit to the real economy and must be more closely watched by regulators, policy makers said at a debate at the World Economic Forum.

• Trichet Says Officials Should Address Fallout from Bank Collapse

  Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said today that in “a world of market economies” officials should address the probability of a bank collapse.

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  Greek Debt Wrangle May Pull Default Trigger

  Opposition to payouts on Greek credit-default swaps from European Union policy makers is softening as disputes over a voluntary debt exchange threaten to push the nation into default.

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