All the day´s economic and financial news, including the unravelling of Kraft Heinz´s pursuit of Unilever and a Greek bailout meetingLatest: Greece and creditors will discuss fresh measuresNew measures on tax, pensions and labour market reformsDeal could pave way to next bailout paymentBut Athens must legislate new measures firstEarlier:Unilever shares have fallen 7% todayShareholders: Kraft didn´t offer enough 6.01pm GMT That´s all for today. Time for a quick wrap-up.Officials representing Greece´s creditors are heading back to Athens after the two sides agreed to discuss new economic reforms.There will be a change in the policy mix,moving perhaps away from austerity and putting more emphasis on reform.`Breaking - IMF says `more progress` needed for full Greek deal - AFPGreece`s two-year bond yield falls over 60 basis points as bailout monitors agree to Athens return https://t.co/HKzKLtWiHo pic.twitter.com/Xx80fDUBAs 5.34pm GMT The IMF has issued a cautious statement, welcoming Greece´s commitment to satisfying its creditors...but warning that there´s no guarantee of an agreement on new measures.The #IMF`s statement about the outcome of the #Eurogroup pic.twitter.com/w7o5iKWogS 5.21pm GMT Dublin MEP Nessa Childers isn´t convinced:`Deep` reforms? This will end badly. If at all. `Greece agrees on new bailout reforms` https://t.co/shFJAif5Nt 5.01pm GMT Q: Given that Greece and the institutions must agree new measures, and the government must legislate them, when can we realistically expect Greece to get its next bailout payment?There´s still a lot of work to do, and a lot of issues to discuss and calibrate, so I want to temper expectations, Dijsselbloem says.If we do it in March, we´ll do it in March.... If not, we´ll do it later. We´ll do it well in time. 4.54pm GMT Q: Do you think Greece and the institutions will agree a package that persuades the International Monetary Fund to join the bailout, and will you provide the next tranche of bailout funds if not?Dijss ...
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