Russia may invest wealth fund in economy - Putin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the government should consider investing money held in the larger of its two sovereign wealth funds in regional development and strategic projects.

China may help fund Greek bond buybacks-finmin source

ATHENS, July 29 (Reuters) - China could provide loans to Greece to fund government bond buybacks in the secondary market to help cut the country's debt burden, a Greek finance ministry official said on Friday, but analysts were sceptical.

While talks with private creditors on a debt swap continue for a second day, analysts said more money to fund bond buybacks could help Greece shrink its debt mountain but questioned whether China would lend more cheaply than the euro zone.