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Successive Slovenian governments have refused to privatize the country's banks, which made disastrous loans to politically connected business interests and now threaten to drag the country center stage in the euro zone debt crisis.
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Key European leaders are calling for greater transparency in world financial markets, meeting Tuesday in London to discuss how they can rescue the turbulent global economy.
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The trader accused of causing about $7 billion in losses at Societe Generale told investigators that he believes his bosses were aware of his massive risk-taking on markets but turned a blind eye as long as he earned money, a judicial official said.
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A softer stance on inflation by the European Central Bank and more rate cuts from the Bank of England would boost European stocks. Investors could cautiously start to buy shares.
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Europe's biggest states recognised the independence of Kosovo on Monday, ending hours of suspense after Prime Minister Hashim Thaci assured his new republic that Western recognition would come "any minute".
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Britain's tax authority is investigating up to 100 British citizens with bank accounts in secretive Liechtenstein after buying data from an informant in a similar move to Germany, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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From harsh criticism of the Federal Reserve in the United States to the MIPIM real estate conference in Cannes, the week was filled with compelling video. But only seven made the cut.
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Investors hope the second quarter will be better than the first, when markets went on a rollercoaster of writedowns, trading scandals and record oil prices. Here are CNBC Europe's best videos of the first quarter.
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There is a real danger that the housing market crisis in the US could be repeated in Britain, analysts said on Tuesday.
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The European Central Bank's mission to fight inflation prevents it from worrying about economic weakness. But an abrupt slowdown could anger politicians and endanger the central bank's very mandate.
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The weak dollar is the main factor keeping prices at high levels, not the supply of oil, and that situation is likely to continue, current OPEC president Chakib Khelil, who is also Algerian Oil Minister, said on Tuesday.
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Surging energy and food prices pushed euro zone inflation to a new high of 3.6 percent in March, boosting the euro to a record high against the dollar on fading chances of a ECB rate cut in the near term.
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Has Cyprus extended capital controls by another week? That's the mystery facing the market on Thursday.
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Bitcoin currency has surged over 360 percent in the past month, and one currency analyst is warning of its unstable nature.
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Analysts are questioning whether a group of economic "wise men" can save Italy from new elections.
CNBC Meets
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Tania Bryer talks to the 42nd President of the U.S., William Jefferson Clinton, one of the world's most iconic figures.
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Clinton said the GOP needs to state how tax cuts would realistically work for the benefit of the American economy.
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Chelsea Clinton has traditionally shied away from the media, yet she opens up to Tania Bryer for the CNBC Meets profile on her father, Bill Clinton.