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• Busch: Chinese Rate Rise=European Frying Friday, 12 Feb 2010 | 10:11 AM ET

  

  China and the Far East occupy a far different place in the business cycle compared to Europe and the United States. The nascent Chinese exit strategy will be a test case for other nations to follow when the cycle recovers.

• The EU Has to Rescue Greece Wednesday, 10 Feb 2010 | 11:32 AM ET

  

  Much as I am sick of bailout nation, and bailout global nation, the European rescue of Greece was probably necessary to stop a total euro currency meltdown that might have triggered a worldwide debt deflation downward spiral.

• The Global Debt Revolt Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010 | 1:33 PM ET

  I’m trying hard to remain optimistic about economic recovery here in America — and for that matter, around the world.

• Europe Searches for Way Out Of Its Growing Debt Crisis Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 PM ET

  

  Financial markets are betting heavily that Greece's crushing debt could drag down the entire eurozone, and that could force reluctant EU leaders into an embarrassing bailout.

• Busch: The Global Debt Dilemma Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010 | 10:41 AM ET

  Apparently, the Greek government has called in the big hitters to help them with their fiscal dilemma.

• Europe Should Burn the Speculators: Stiglitz Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010 | 7:12 AM ET

  

  Countries like Greece are being "attacked by financial markets" and the European Union should intervene in the stock market to "teach speculators a lesson," according to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

• Proposed Bank Rules Surprised Many Around the World Monday, 8 Feb 2010 | 2:37 PM ET

  The proposed new banking rules here in the U.S. caught many international bankers off guard and were one of the most prominent topics of discussion at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos.

• European Central Bank in a Squeeze Monday, 8 Feb 2010 | 5:44 AM ET

  

  Whether he likes it or not, Jean-Claude Trichet is not just the president of the European Central Bank. Mr. Trichet, 67, is also the de facto president of Europe, at least for the 16 nations that rely on the euro as their common currency.

• World Financial Leaders Focus on Budget Crises Saturday, 6 Feb 2010 | 9:34 AM ET

  

  Amid fears that go-it-alone moves such as President Barack Obama's plan to break up big banks will further hamper the fledging economic recovery, finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven major industrial countries meet.

• Farrell: Dancing the Potomac Two Step Friday, 5 Feb 2010 | 8:37 AM ET

  Why would you ever want to be President? Everyone who comes to the job does so with some vision and dream and quickly has to learn how to dance the dance if anything is to be done. It's harder now than ever with the accumulated debt we have built up.

• Head Fake, Or More Pain To Come? Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 | 1:23 PM ET

  Catch me if you've heard this one before. A global crisis emerges from some obscure country, and the VIX surges by some mind-boggling amount.

• Busch: US Crisis Lesson For Europe Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 | 10:57 AM ET

  Case in point, it seems the IMF is the only body that may have the legal capability to assist these countries in their time of need. This reminds me of something, what is it?

• How Critical Is the Fed’s Independence? Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | 2:22 PM ET

  

  There are some who blame the Fed for missing warnings signs leading up to the financial crisis; others have said the Fed caused the crisis with its “easy-money” policies.

• Vote on Dr. Doom's New Nickname Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | 9:12 AM ET

  
• In Davos, Regulators Tell Bankers New Rules Coming Saturday, 30 Jan 2010 | 8:23 AM ET

  

  Government regulators from the U.S. and Europe laid out their financial reform plans Saturday before a skeptical banking industry, asking financiers for input but adamant that change was coming with or without their support.

• Farrell: Time For A Correction? Friday, 29 Jan 2010 | 8:56 AM ET

  The market needs a correction after a 60% gain from last March and the news of the day Thursday was that Greece was looking for some help.

• Stiglitz: Regulate Banks. Now. Everywhere. Friday, 29 Jan 2010 | 5:55 AM ET

  

  Officials in Davos should try to reach a global consensus about the need for a new regulatory regime for banks, Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz told CNBC Friday.

• US, Europe Debt Levels Not Sustainable: ECB's Trichet Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 | 1:24 PM ET

  

  The current levels of budget deficits in both Europe and the U.S. are not sustainable and Europe's economic recovery will only be modest, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told CNBC Thursday.

• Everyone's Talking About China Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 | 11:46 AM ET

  

  China is here in Davos—big time. It’s here in numbers, here as a topic for hallway chatter and here as an issue at every major plenary session.

• Six Euro Countries Would Fail Without Props Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 | 9:01 AM ET

  

  There are huge debt problems brewing in Europe, and Greece, in particular, may have to overreact to defend itself, says Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff.