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Exclusive - EU cites Chinese telecoms … Reuters - 16 hours agoBy Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment More »
- Shares in Lloyds hit government break-even … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in state-backed Lloyds Banking Group rose above the level which the government sees as its break-even price after its More »
- Bank of England's Weale sees chance … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By David Milliken BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) - The Bank of England may have more scope to boost the economy after Mark Carney starts as governor because of tentative More »
- Bank of England's Weale sees room for … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Mark Carney may have more room for manoeuvre on monetary policy when he arrives at the Bank of England as governor in July, due to More »
- Banks lift FTSE to 5.5-year highs Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE top share index hit fresh five and a half year highs on Friday, as banks were buoyed by an upgrade, the prospect of More »
- Bankers see M&A recovery after deals … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Anjuli Davies LONDON (Reuters) - A drop in European takeovers has depressed global merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity so far this year, but bankers see More »
- Risks for Cyprus are "unusually high", … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) - The IMF said on Friday that risks for Cyprus were "unusually high" given its weak banking sector and economy and the island's More »
- Brussels, Berlin lukewarm on Hollande's … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European officials gave a lukewarm response to French President Francois Hollande's sweeping proposals for deeper euro zone More »
- ECB's Mersch says deposit rate cut an … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank keeps the option of a deposit rate cut on the table, but it is not certain to use it, ECB policymaker Yves Mersch said More »
- ECB's Asmussen: Germany must reform … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Annika Breidthardt BERLIN (Reuters) - German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen German expects growth in his country to pick up in the second quarter but warned on More »
- Toscafund bullish on UK economy and … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Laurence Fletcher LONDON (Reuters) - A booming population, fuelled by immigration, will help Britain's economy to grow more strongly than Germany's later this More »
- ECB to keep monetary policy loose for … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Ingrid Melander ORLEANS, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will keep its loose and growth-supportive monetary policy stance in place for "quite a long More »
- ECB's Mersch says asset quality review … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - An assessment of banks' assets before the European Central Bank takes over bank supervision in the euro zone could start in the third quarter of More »
- ECB monetary policy will have to stay … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
ORLEANS, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's monetary policy will stay accommodative for "quite a long time", European Central Bank Executive Board More »
- ECB'S Asmussen says Germany to grow … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday German growth would pick up in the second quarter of this year but More »
- Osram sees restructuring weighing on … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Osram, the lighting business being spun off by Germany's Siemens , expects restructuring costs to continue to weigh on its financial results More »
- French finance minister sees growth … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
PARIS (Reuters) - Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Friday he believed the French economy could begin to grow again in the second half of 2013, after data More »
- Central banks saved world economy, now … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central banks got it right when they saved the world economy, but their unprecedented actions risk disruptive cross-border More »
- Global stocks slip, dollar gains on … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets fell on Thursday after a regional president of the Federal Reserve said the U.S. central bank could begin More »
- France's Hollande urges euro zone g … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Mark John and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government for the euro zone with its own More »
- Path clear for Croatia's EU entry after … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German lower house of parliament approved Croatia's entry to the European Union on Thursday, clearing the last formal hurdle for the former More »
- Evidence mounts on slower U.S. economic … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy showed fresh signs of slower growth in the second quarter, with factory activity slipping in the mid-Atlantic More »
- IMF staff to visit Spain next week for … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund staff will visit Madrid on May 21 for their third review of Spain's reforms of its banking system, the IMF said More »
- FTSE closes off 5.5-year peak Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE top share index snapped a 10-session winning streak on Thursday, with weak U.S. data taking some shine off and with More »
- ECB should manage euro to help exports … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
ROME (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should operate in a way to help euro zone exporters that are being hurt by a currency which is over-valued, European More »
- Dramatic central bank action worked, … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central banks got it right when they saved the world economy, but their unprecedented actions risk disruptive cross-border spillovers and More »
- IMF urges Poland to continue cutting … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
WARSAW (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund urged Poland's central bank on Thursday to continue cutting interest rates "without delay" to give a boost to the More »
- Thomas Cook flags return to dividends … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Rhys Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Cook unveiled a 1.6 billion pound ($2.4 billion) refinancing plan on Thursday designed to cut debt and enable it to resume More »
- Cooling prices, falling imports highlight … Reuters - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low in April while imports fell 10 More »
- Japan Economic Recovery Makes Strid … Sky News - Thu, May 16, 2013
Japan's efforts to stimulate its economy after two so-called 'lost decades' are showing some encouraging early results. More »
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