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German business morale rose far more than expected in May, suggesting Europe's largest economy is picking up steam after posting anaemic growth in the first quarter.
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Hopes were rising in Brussels that an unlikely deal with the U.K. over the EU’s long-term budget was taking shape, although the chief negotiator was trying to resolve a deluge of last-minute complaints from other countries on the eve of what could be a gruelling summit. The FT reports.
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Louisa Bojesen takes a look at US stock futures and how European stocks have been trading on Monday.
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European shares closed higher after choppy trade on Wednesday as investors watched for signs of progress on a delayed deal to unlock aid to keep Greece solvent.
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CNBC's Louisa Bojesen reports on all the market moving events from Europe, including light volume ahead of the holiday.
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Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy who is engaged in a war of words with Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman over allegations of fraud, is firmly at the heart of the British establishment and was once dubbed the “British Bill Gates” by the media.
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Ralph Silva, VP of Banking Strategy, HfS Research discusses Barron's cover story which forecasts Europe stocks could rally as much as 20 percent in 2013.
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Japan's exports slide again and Bank of England members question QE — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister says he is returning to run in Italy's elections in February because of the threat from leftist parties.
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Hewlett Packard’s surprising announcement of accounting irregularities at Autonomy caught the market by surprise on Tuesday and led to a nearly 12 percent decline in the company’s stock. But Autonomy’s accounting had been questioned by analysts years ago, according to one equity analyst that CNBC spoke to.
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Greece’s international lenders once again failed to reach an agreement on how to bring down its debt levels, delaying the release of vital aid to Athens and pushing the euro lower. Yet all is not lost for Greece and the single currency, analysts told CNBC.
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Two days after stepping down, Mario Monti announced on Sunday he would consider seeking a second term as Italian prime minister if approached by allies committed to backing his austere brand of reforms.
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Whatever the reasons behind Mitt Romney’s failure to convince the U.S. electorate that he was the man for the job, and there are myriad explanatory factors, it seems his team’s position on economics was one of them.
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Almost five years ago, a friend of Kweku Adoboli sent him an email about Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader who had just lost 4.9 billion euros at French bank Société Générale, the Financial Times reports.
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Cyber warfare has arrived, but has yet to reach its full potential. What would a real digital war look like? Like the most terrifying sci-fi movie you've ever seen.
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The fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is likely to have only a limited impact on Israel's economy if it ends quickly, Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer told CNBC’s "Closing Bell" on Tuesday.
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Clifford Bennett, Chief Economist at Orb Global Investments says the Euro will hit 1.50 next year as it is the only viable reserve currency compared to the U.S. dollar.
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This week, Daniel Loeb, one of Wall Street's most successful investors, scooped up a $500 million windfall for his clients in a bond buyback deal with the Greek government. The FT reports.
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Market sentiment and economic factors are moving against key Eastern European currencies, this strategist says.
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There are just five trading days left until the fiscal cliff deadline, with Peter Andersen, Congress Asset Management Company; Jeff Saut, Raymond James; Dean Maki, Barclays; and CNBC's Rick Santelli.
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Investor optimism over the outlook for the Japan's stock market remains unshaken.
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The volatility in the Japanese government debt market has unnerved investors in domestic banks.
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News that the Swedish capital of Stockholm has been hit by three nights of rioting has come as a surprise.
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Even as Apple faced a grilling from lawmakers over its tax avoidance schemes, two more companies revealed they would move to lighten their tax burden.
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German business software company SAP will start to employ people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists across the world.
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James Bullard, president and CEO of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, tells CNBC that if you allow a flexible exchange rate you can have your own independent monetary policy regardless of the US.
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Eric Boullier, team principal at Lotus F1 Team, tells CNBC that the Monaco Grand Prix is a very special race, with a lot of demand and requests from sponsors.
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Marty Mosby, banking analyst at Guggenheim Partners, tells CNBC about Goldman Sachs' plans to strengthen their business practices.