<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100003115/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Europe Top News and Analysis</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100003115</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:51 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>UK Bank Chiefs Slated as ‘Brash’ and ‘Deluded’</title><description><![CDATA[Bank chiefs at HBOS, once one of Britain&#039;s biggest banks, were condemned as a &quot;model of self-delusion&quot;, in a report by Britain&#039;s Banking Standards Commission on Friday. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100616604</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100616604</guid> </item>  <item><title>After Cyprus, Is Slovenia Next Euro Zone Domino?</title><description><![CDATA[Successive Slovenian governments have refused to privatize the country&#039;s banks which now threaten to drag the country center stage in the euro zone debt crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619442</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619442</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Job Creation Plunges, but Rate Drops to 7.6%</title><description><![CDATA[Job creation slowed to a crawl during March, with the U.S. economy creating just 88,000 positions though the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618938</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618938</guid> </item>  <item><title>North Korea to Foreign Embassies: 'Consider Evacuating'</title><description><![CDATA[North Korea has asked embassies in Pyongyang that might wish to get staff out to submit plans to it by April 10, Britain said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618963</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618963</guid> </item>  <item><title>Berlusconi Calls for Broad Government or Early Vote</title><description><![CDATA[Buoyed by new opinion polls showing a lead for his center-right coalition, Berlusconi said on Friday Italy must return to the polls quickly unless the center left agrees to govern with him. 
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But according to one strategist, Spain&#039;s fragile economy now faces the possibility of tipping over into a renewed credit crunch.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618779</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618779</guid> </item>  <item><title>Spain’s Pescanova Goes Bust After Fishy Accounting</title><description><![CDATA[Spanish fishing company Pescanova said on Friday it would file for insolvency after discrepancies in its accounts.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618699</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618699</guid> </item>  <item><title>Markets Fear 'Loose Cannon' Yellen at Fed: Janjuah</title><description><![CDATA[A change at the top of the Federal Reserve posed the biggest threat to the rally, Bob Janjuah, Nomura&#039;s uber-bearish strategist, told CNBC on Friday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618634</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618634</guid> </item>  <item><title>Airbus Beats Boeing to Top Spot in Jet Orders</title><description><![CDATA[Airbus recaptured the aircraft industry&#039;s top spot in the first quarter as U.S. rival Boeing fell behind on orders.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618442</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618442</guid> </item>  <item><title>Yen Selling May Become an 'Avalanche,' Soros Says</title><description><![CDATA[The policy measures taken in Japan to revive economic growth are &quot;quite dangerous,&quot; billionaire investor George Soros said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618076</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618076</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bank of Cyprus Executives Accused of Deleting Emails</title><description><![CDATA[Two senior executives at Bank of Cyprus may have deleted crucial e-mail documents last year, according to an investigative report commissioned by the central bank of Cyprus, the NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100617406</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100617406</guid> </item>  <item><title>Big Inflows Into US Bonds Undercut 'Great Rotation'</title><description><![CDATA[Fears of a rush for the exits from the U.S. bond market. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618346</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618346</guid> </item>  <item><title> France Appeals for German Leniency on Deficit  </title><description><![CDATA[France urged Germany on Thursday to grant it more time to hit its public deficit-cutting target.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618347</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618347</guid> </item>  <item><title>It's Official, Chinese Tourists Now the Biggest Spenders</title><description><![CDATA[Chinese tourists have overtaken Germans as the world&#039;s most deep-pocketed travelers.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618311</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618311</guid> </item>  <item><title>Central Bank Efforts May 'End in Tears': El-Erian</title><description><![CDATA[Central banks are accelerating mostly ineffective policies because they feel they have no choice, Pimco&#039;s Mohamed El-Erian said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100616800</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100616800</guid> </item>  <item><title>Draghi: The Buck Does Not Stop With ECB</title><description><![CDATA[European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank would keep monetary policy accommodative &quot;for as long as needed&quot;.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100615672</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100615672</guid> </item>  <item><title>No Triple-Dip for UK Economy as Fears Ease</title><description><![CDATA[Strong data from the U.K. in recent weeks has eased worries of another recession for the country.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100615886</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100615886</guid> </item>  <item><title>Expect More European IPOs: Goldman Sachs</title><description><![CDATA[A resurgence in European IPOs this year will continue with further offerings in Germany in the second quarter, according to Goldman Sachs.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100615496</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100615496</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bitcoin Hacked: Price Stumbles After Buying Frenzy</title><description><![CDATA[Online currency bitcoin had 20 percent knocked off its price overnight on Thursday as one of its major exchanges became the victim of a hacking attack.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100615508</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100615508</guid> </item>  <item><title>Mystery Deepens Over Cyprus' Capital Controls</title><description><![CDATA[Has Cyprus extended capital controls by another week? That&#039;s the mystery facing the market on Thursday.
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