Spain Halves Deficit With Painful Austerity Cuts
- Daniel Wools - The Associated Press
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- September 01, 2010
MADRID — Spain's deficit is down sharply thanks to an unpopular cocktail of tax hikes and austerity cuts — good news for a government fighting to ward off fears it might need a bailout like the one th...
EU Law to Crack Down on Abusive Short Selling
- Huw Jones
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- September 01, 2010
(Reuters) - European Union regulators would be able to ban abusive short selling of shares and naked selling of credit default swaps and sovereign debt for three months or more under a draft EU law se...
German FinMin- Greece Deserves Respect for Efforts
(Reuters) - Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday Greece deserves respect for its efforts to cut its budget deficit.
"I'm of the opinion Greece deserves respect for taking action," ...
As Nationalism Rises, Will European Union Fall?
- Charles Kupchan - The Washington Post
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- August 28, 2010
The European Union is dying -- not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and steady that we may look across the Atlantic one day soon and realize that the project of European integration that we...
Popular Support for EU Falls to a 9-Year Low: Poll
- Marcin Grajewski
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- August 27, 2010
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Popular support for European Union membership has fallen to a nine-year low within the 27 countries in the bloc, a poll showed on Thursday.
The yearly Eurobarometer survey was ca...
Slovak PM: 'No' to Greek Bailout, Seeks EU Apology
BERLIN — Slovakia's prime minister Wednesday launched a vigorous defence of her country's refusal to help pay for a joint EU-IMF bailout for Greece and demanded an apology from Brussels for criticizin...
ECB Says Recovery Depends on Private Demand, Banks
- Wall Street Journal
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- August 12, 2010
FRANKFURT - Healthier banks and more private-sector demand are necessary if the euro zone, and the world economy in general, is to continue its recovery, the European Central Bank said Thursday in its...
Banks’ positive results lift Europe
- The Financial Times
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- August 03, 2010
LONDON. Resurgent banks led the benchmark European index up to a three-month closing high on Monday after a string of positive results in the financial sector helped to ease fears about the strength o...
Despite Flaws, Stress Tests May Satisfy Markets
- The New York Times
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- July 26, 2010
FRANKFURT - The stress tests conducted by European regulators last week did not give investors all the information they wanted about the condition of the region’s banks, but the exercise may have giv...
Seven Banks in Europe Fail ‘Stress Test’ for Scant Capital
- The New York Times
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- July 23, 2010
FRANKFURT — Seven of Europe’s 91 largest banks could not survive an unexpected decline in economic growth or a sharp deterioration in the value of European government bonds, and will need to raise mor...
Europe to go public with bank stress test results
- Geir Moulson - The Associated Press
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- July 23, 2010
BERLIN (AP) - Europe faces another moment of truth in its simmering debt crisis on Friday as regulators release the results of "stress tests" on 91 banks across the continent, an exercise that some fe...
Euro Crisis Rumbles On
- Katie Martin - Wall Street Journal
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- July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON - So, the euro-zone debt crisis is over, right?
Greece demonstrated last week that it can auction short-term debt with reasonable success and at a more modest yield than it would have to...
EU Seeks to Assure Turkey on Accession Bid
- Voice of America News
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- July 13, 2010
A top official of the European Union has assured Turkey that its troubled bid to join the European bloc is on track.
The reassurance came Tuesday from EU Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton, who...
Portugal Downgrade Rekindles European Debt Crisis
LISBON — Europe's debt crisis flared anew on Tuesday as Portugal suffered a cut to its credit rating and European finance ministers battled to dispel fears about the health of the banking sector.
G...
Slovakia Not Ready to Sign Off on EU Aid Fund - PM
July 12 (Reuters) - Slovakia's parliament and the cabinet must be consulted before the country can sign off on the European Union's 440 billion euro ($554 bln) aid mechanism, new Slovakian Prime Minis...
EU Under Pressure to Finalize Rescue Fund
- Aoife White - The Associated Press
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- July 12, 2010
BRUSSELS — European officials are under pressure to finish setting up their bailout fund for indebted governments before next week's publication of bank stress test results, which could highlight new ...
Some Europeans Aren’t Crying Over a Weak Euro
- Conrad de Aenlle - The New York Times
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- July 12, 2010
The euro and European stock markets have plummeted this year, but the Continent isn’t suffering alone. The ease and speed with which merchandise, money and ugly news travel across borders have ensured...
Europe's Banks Being Graded
- Geir Moulson - The Associated Press
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- July 11, 2010
How much stress can Europe's banking system take?
That question has put markets on edge amid the continent's government debt crisis, and European Union leaders hope to make a big step toward restorin...
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