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Empresas y finanzas

EU's Barroso - confident Greece will tackle problems


    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday he was confident Greece would overcome its debt problems.

    "After talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, I am fully confident that Greece will be fully successful in that endeavour," Barroso told a news conference after the first day of a summit of EU leaders.

    Greek debt and stock prices have taken a beating after a downgrade from rating agency Fitch this week because of the country's huge budget deficit and public debt.

    (Reporting by Jan Strupczewski, editing by Dale Hudson)