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• Eight Years of Austerity 'Not Acceptable': Expert   Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 2:45 AM ET

  

  John Longworth, director general at the British Chamber of Commerce, tells CNBC that George Osborne should transfer spending into infrastructure, export support and access to finance for SMEs.

• No Solidarity in Europe's Cypriot Deal: Prof  Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 2:30 AM ET

  

  Costas Lapavitsas, professor of economics at SOAS, tells CNBC that the crisis in Cyprus was created by the Troika policies and the Greek crisis, not the Cypriots.

• Could Russia Become the 'Savior of Europe'?  Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 2:15 AM ET

  

  Ivan Tchakarov, chief economist at Renaissance Capital, tells CNBC that the Cyprus crisis presents an opportunity for Vladimir Putin to take the moral high ground and become the 'savior of Europe'.

• Cyprus Has Germany's Fingerprints All Over It: Pro   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 4:35 AM ET

  

  Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strategy, tells CNBC that to take the risk on Cyprus for a puny 5.8 billion euros 'beggars belief'.

• Market Pattern Suggests 'It Isn't All Good Out There'  Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 4:15 AM ET

  

  Sandy Jadeja, chief market strategist at SignalPro, tells CNBC that there are some extreme similarities in the current markets to the market in 1929.

• European Markets Open Lower on Cyprus   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 4:00 AM ET

  

  Karen Cho takes you through the European Market open where stocks have come in lower ahead of the Cyprus vote.

• US Rally Will Continue Despite Cyprus: Pro   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 3:30 AM ET

  

  Anthony Scaramucci, managing partner at Skybridge Capital, tells CNBC that like when Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail, allowing Cyprus to fail will have unintended consequences.

• Sainsbury's CEO: Our Prices Are Competitive   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 3:20 AM ET

  

  Justin King, CEO of Sainsbury's, tells CNBC that there are lots of components to the company's growth and price is only one of them.

• Cyprus Bank Tax Will 'Create Stampede': Politician   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 3:11 AM ET

  

  Efi Xzanthou, a member of Cyprus's Green Party and Parliamentary Finance Committee, tells CNBC that as soon as they open there will be a run on the banks as no depositor will feel safe.

• Cyprus Levy 'Not Such a Bad Idea': Pro   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 3:00 AM ET

  

  Stephane Deo, global head of asset allocation at UBS, tells CNBC that taxing small savers in Cyprus is the wrong thing to do, and taxing big depositors is a better solution.

• Experts Warn On Cyprus Bank Tax   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 2:38 AM ET

  

  The Cypriot parliament will today vote on the highly controversial levy on bank deposits, CNBC has been speaking to a number of market experts who all warn that the tax sets a dangerous precedent.

• Cyprus Tax: 'Blowing Capitalism's Brains Out'   Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 2:30 AM ET

  

  Steve Keen, professor of economics at the University of Western Sydney, argues that if you destroy the trust depositors have in their bank accounts then you destroy the oil of capitalism.

• How Do You Play the Cyprus Bailout?  Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 2:00 AM ET

  

  Ashraf Laidi, chief global strategist at City Index, tells CNBC that investors, who want to play the Euro without the periphery, should play the Swiss Franc.

• Impact of Cyprus Bailout on Banks  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 5:30 AM ET

  

  Hugo Dixon, editor-at-large at Reuters Breakingviews, Olly Burrows, senior bank analyst at Rabobank, and Cormac Leech, bank equity researcher at Liberum Capital, discuss the Cyprus deposit levy and its impact on European banks.

• UK Budget To Relax Austerity Measures?  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 4:45 AM ET

  

  Andrew Goodwin, senior economic advisor at Ernst & Young ITEM Club says that markets would welcome a more measured pace of austerity in the U.K. and that the coming Budget should include short-term measures to kick-start the recovery.

• Italian Yields to Rise: Pro  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 4:30 AM ET

  

  Alessandro Tentori, head of developed market rates strategy at Citi warns that further uncertainty and data weakness in Italy will bring yields substantially higher in the second quarter and says Spain is in a much better position as a reform agenda has been set.

• Euro Zone Still Under Control: Strategist  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 4:15 AM ET

  

  Christian Gattiker, global investment strategist and head of research at Julius Baer, tells CNBC that the overall European situation remains in control and that only a very messy parliamentary vote on the Cyprus bailout would prompt him to reconsider his positioning.

• European Markets Open Sharply down  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 4:00 AM ET

  

  European Markets Open Sharply down.

• UK Government to Back Infrastructure Projects in Budget?   Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 3:15 AM ET

  

  Andrew Charlesworth, fund manager at JLIF discusses his company's results and the government's support for infrastructure, which he hopes to see reaffirmed in the coming Budget.

• Stock of the Day: EADS, M&S  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 3:15 AM ET

  

  Steve Sedgwick discusses the multi-billion dollar deal between EADS and Indonesia's Lion Air, and the potential takeover of M&S by the Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund.