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Empresas y finanzas

Greek parliament passes reforms in exchange for bailout funds


    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament approved a bill on Tuesday with reforms demanded by the country's international lenders in exchange for 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) of bailout funds which Greece needs to pay off state arrears.

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist-led government agreed to enact a set of reforms, including changes in the public sector wage grid and opening up the market for banks to dispose of corporate non-performing loans, to qualify for the new funds.

    The coalition of Tsipras' leftist Syriza party and the right-wing nationalist Independent Greeks has a majority of just three lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament.

    The euro zone institutions representing the creditors and the International Monetary Fund are expected to issue a compliance report on Wednesday, a euro zone official has said.

    ($1 = 0.9117 euros)

    (Reporting by Renee Maltezou; Editing by Paul Taylor)