Monday, April 13, 2015

Greece Racing To Revise Reform Plan;HBO Sees Red Over Leaked Shows

Athens has till Friday to submit a revised economic reform plan to the Euro Working Group of deputy finance ministers.The EWG will meet on 24 April to decide whether Greece will get more emergency funding to stave off default.It was able to make a payment of 450 million euros to the International Monetary Fund last week.Greece needs to present an ambitious reform list in line with its bailout program and start implementing it,European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombravskis said.
Greek finance ministry staff worked over the Orthodox Easter holiday weekend on the difficult negotiations with Greece's international lenders.The EC is still willing to be flexible,but feels that Greece must also step up to the plate with a serious effort to devise a plan.*
HBO is flustered because the first four episodes of the new season of its smash hit series "Game of Thrones" were leaked by a critic who had received advance copies for review.They have subsequently been viewed by more than three million illegal viewers to date.HBO said it is studying this breach of confidentiality.Some are saying they should just release all the shows at once the way Netflix does.
HBO is a division of Time Warner Communications.*
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