Markets news on stocks, currencies and commodities; the Greek government on Friday formally activated the Eurozone-IMF €45bn bail-out package that was approve by Eurozone leaders last month. Meanwhile, a Goldman Sachs director tipped off a hedge-fund billionaire about a $5bn investment in Goldman by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway before a public announcement of the deal at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, a person close to the situation says, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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