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In a highly controversial statement, Elon Musk estimated that artificial intelligence (AI) has a 10-20% chance of developing in an extremely negative direction (for the planet).

Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend the eighth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) and hold talks with government officials and investors.

The world’s advanced economies may have a new reason to hope for a firmer growth base next year if some of the more bearish forecasts for oil come true.

The Bilderberg Club, the exclusive club of the powerful that has been associated with the most extreme conspiracy theories, turned 70 this year.

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday despite solid bank earnings as oil and gold prices shot up amid worries about a potential widening of conflict in the Middle East.

After spending the entire session in the red, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 1.2 percent, or 475 points, at 37,983.24.

Major investment firms kicked off the new year with a barrage of positive recommendations for Greek bonds ahead of the country's first market foray for 2024, expected soon, as well as the start of bond reissues planned by the Public Debt Management Agency.

Citigroup employees labeled a group of roughly 80,000 Armenian Americans living near Los Angeles - the largest Armenian community outside Yerevan, the Armenian capital - as "bad guys" and secretly denied them fair access to the bank's credit card products, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a statement on Wednesday.

Plaisio Computers will not bid for the acquisition of electrical appliances and electronics retailer Kotsovolos, Kathimeini understands, leaving Quest Group as the only, non-binding, bidder so far. 

But, as Kotsovolos said in a statement Monday, "it is not certain that the process willl lead to a final agreement." 

The likely sale of retail chain Kotsovolos is expected to create a new landscape in the domestic market of electrical and electronic household appliances, especially since it is its biggest player.

Greece's strong performance compared to the eurozone and the upward trajectory of the country's ratings by rating agencies on the way to achieving investment grade, are the biggest catalysts for the Greek economy, as well as for the course of Greek bonds and banks.