Bob Parker, senior adviser at Credit Suisse, tells CNBC that it is premature to reopen long commodity positions and how he doesn't see anything that will support the gold price.
There are no signs of a turnaround for the euro zone after six straight quarters of recession, and even once mighty Germany is struggling, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland's latest World Economy Barometer.
Shawn Vick, president and CEO of airplane producer, Beechcraft International, tells CNBC that after the market fell by fifty percent during the financial crisis, it is slowly coming back.
David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.
France's fall back into recession is likely to pile more pressure on the country's finance ministry, at a time when infighting has already led one senior politician to fuel rumors that Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici could be replaced.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras headed to China on Wednesday, amid hopes that the world's second largest economy can revive one of the euro zone's most debt laden countries.
Justin Scheck, global energy reporter at the Wall Street Journal, talks to CNBC about an EU commission investigation into whether BP, Shell and Statoil have manipulated oil prices.
The chief executive of French bank Societe Generale's Russian unit, Rosbank, has been detained on suspicion of receiving illegal payments, Russia's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Germany's economic data are concerning because they show "de-facto stagnation," one of Angela Merkel's top economic advisors and one of the country's five "wise men" has warned.
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