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Complex path to Greek bailout agreement
For Greece to avoid a so-called uncontrolled default on its debts a massively complicated web of agreements still has to come together. They involve the Greek government and opposition parties, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the investors who have bought…
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Europe slips deeper into debt, but eurozone improves
New figures show the combined debt of the eurozone’s governments…
06/02 14:43 CET -
Gas grumbles heat up in bitter cold
The European Commission has confirmed several European countries are experiencing reduced flows of Russian natural gas. Brussels says the…
04/02 14:13 CET -
Greece: reform struggles or death throes?
As angry public service workers protested again outside the Finance Ministry in Athens inside they were still struggling on Friday to come up…
03/02 19:07 CET -
After Arab uprisings, bleak economic future looms
The restive state of the Arab world after the uprisings of the last 13 months means an uncertain economic future for many countries in …
03/02 19:04 CET -
Solid US job growth for start of 2011
The US economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January as growth at the back of 2011 carried into the early part of this…
03/02 15:04 CET -
China to the rescue for EU? – maybe
With German Chancellor Angela Merkel in China seeking support for the ailing euro, Premier Wen Jiabao has said Beijing is considering upping…
02/02 16:36 CET -
Jobs pain in Spain worsens
Spain’s jobless rate rose by 4.01 percent in January from December taking the total number of people filing for unemployment benefits to…
02/02 15:41 CET -
Debt crisis slams Deutsche Bank earnings
Not a good day for Deutsche Bank as it posted a big quarterly loss and was the target of anti-capitalism protestors at its headquarters who…
02/02 15:41 CET -
Investors keener on lending to Portugal
Good news for the Portuguese government on Wednesday with a fall in the interest rates it had to offer to sell 1.5 billion euros of short term…
01/02 19:41 CET
