Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor George Soros said the odds of Greece leaving the euro area are moving higher.

“The odds are in that direction,” Soros told reporters in Davos, Switzerland today. “Therefore you have to strengthen the rest of the euro zone.”

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