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German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen warned on Friday that Europe's largest economy must carry out further reforms to continue to grow.
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The fiscal cliff walk begins and the yen takes a breather — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Discussing the business model, and experience for subscribers of Birchbox, with its co-founders Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp.
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France’s economy will come through and “resist the crisis” despite worries about low growth and the need for labor market reform, its Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici told CNBC.
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Protesters packed the streets of central Madrid on Monday evening in a protest against the austerity measures of Mariano Rajoy's government.
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Drastic falls in the price of oil and gold, doubling of the yield in 30-year Treasurys and mass nationalizations in Japan’s struggling electronics industry may be on the agenda next year.
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France’s socialist government seized on better than expected economic growth figures to reject concern that France could become the next focus of the euro zone crisis, insisting it is acting to reform the flagging economy. The FT reports.
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The Swiss National Bank is opening a branch in Singapore to allow for round-the-clock management of its foreign exchange reserves, which it needs to tap to defend the safe-haven franc from over-heating.
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European bank debt, once an investment pariah, is suddenly popular. The NYT reports.
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Spain may not be fully out of the woods, but investors' favorable attitude towards the country suggests it is biding its time well and may get not need to request a bailout, analysts told CNBC.
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The common currency is steadying and the yen is sliding - which is giving this pro an idea.
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CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe, including
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European stocks ended lower on Thursday, with a key index hitting a two-month low, as data that showed the euro zone had slipped into recession again spooked investors.
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New European Central Bank powers to oversee euro zone banks will help restore confidence in the sector and revive interbank lending, its president, Mario Draghi, said on Monday.
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Spain's economy is sinking deeper into recession, experts agree that the country will miss its budget targets and a several ECB officials have said Spain urgently needs a bailout, yet the bond market is dancing to a completely different tune.
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Daniel Rosen, Partner, Rhodium Group says investors should take risk despite the market volatility, adding that "sitting at home" will get you nowhere.
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Europe's largest financial institutions, which have been readjusting since the onset of the 2008 financial crash and the sovereign debt crisis that followed, are causing pain all over the globe that will have long term implications, according to analysts. They argue that the situation will only worsen without the proposed European banking union.
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As Southern Europe looks to be getting its house in order in the wake of the currency bloc’s debt crisis, a new report suggests France’s weaknesses are now becoming even more apparent.
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Rick Santelli strongly objects when Kelly Evans quotes a strategist calling the Republicans "lunatics" for threatening to push the U.S. into a "technical default" by failing to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
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During a visit to the Bank of England on Thursday, the Queen was overheard asking whether a "lax" attitude to financial regulation had contributed to the financial crisis.
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CNBC's Ross Westgate reports stocks edged lower in a choppy day of trading after data on Europe's service sector showed a mixed picture.
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The markets are buzzing about the possibility of the Fed's tapering off its $85 billion a month asset-purchasing program.
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Wall Street's stocks-are-cheap meme may come under stress if what Citi calls a "profitless rally" continues.
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Beaten-down gold just can't find any love, and analysts expect it to retest its April lows before long.
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Billionaire George Soros reduced his holdings of exchange-traded products backed by gold prior to last month's freefall.
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The chief executive of the world's largest container shipping company Moeller-Maersk told CNBC that the company would not order any new ships this year.
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Clive Lambert, director of FuturesTechs, joins CNBC for a technical look at the markets.
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Louisa Bojesen takes you through the European market close, where shares have closed higher.
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Nader Mousavizadah, co-founder of Macro Advisory Partners, tells CNBC that France is up against some deep structural challenges.