March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will press U.S. President Barack Obama to help Europe combat “unprincipled speculators,” who he said have roiled financial markets and threaten a new global financial crisis.
“Europe and America must say ‘enough is enough’ to those speculators who only place value on immediate returns, with utter disregard for the consequences on the larger economic system,” he said in a speech yesterday in Washington.
Papandreou, who is struggling to convince investors his government is serious about taming Europe’s biggest budget deficit, meets Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner in today in his first U.S. visit since being elected in October. Read more
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