Markets news on stocks, currencies and oil; European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Thursday said Greece’s present economic troubles are common to other advanced states. Speaking on the same panel as Trichet today in Davos, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said that Greece has “not asked for money anywhere else.” He added: “We are in a jittery time” in which “rumours can create problems.” Also in Davos, former US President Bill Clinton and UN Special Envoy to Haiti made a robust call for immediate aid and sustained investment to assist Haiti. Clinton was joined on the Davos panel by Irish businessman Denis O’Brien, Chairman of mobile phone company Digicel, which operates in Haiti.
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