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Martin Schulz, president of the European parliament, has warned that revelations of tax evasion by major companies were leading to a loss of trust among the European public.
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Europe for now has a grip on the debt crisis, this strategist says, and he is ready to trade the improving market mood.
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European shares closed higher on Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it was ready to start its bond-buying program at a press conference on Thursday.
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The price of gold is at an 11 month high and has rallied 14 percent since the start of the year but analysts have told CNBC that it’s set to go even higher tipping the $2,000 per ounce mark.
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A jobs report looms and South African unrest weighs on the rand — it's time for your FX Fix.
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It's been 50 years since James Bond first took to the screen. Author Ian Fleming's creation has gone on to become among the most successful British movie franchise to be exported around the world.
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With new sets of regulation for the banking sector both in Europe and in the U.K., investors can be forgiven for not knowing which firms are best placed for the new laws. But one analyst has given CNBC his top tips for those banks ready for change.
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You know that something is seriously wrong with your economy when you tell an audience of learned academics and students at an elite university that your country doesn’t need a bailout, and the room rings with the sound of laughter.
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Barclays has rejigged its investment banking structure to create a devolved geographic management hierarchy and combine its fixed-income and equities businesses into a single markets unit. The FT reports.
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Alistair Darling has made a forceful intervention in the plans by EADS to combine with BAE Systems, saying British interests were bound to suffer because the UK government would have no equity stake in the enlarged group. The FT reports.
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With the election just weeks away, this strategist has ideas about where a President Romney would take the dollar.
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Germany's export partners are ailing, and that's bad news for Europe's biggest economy.
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European shares were lower at the close of Thursday's choppy session, after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced interest rates would remain on hold.
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Struggling small businesses and a stagnant job market cannot wait for Washington policymakers to remedy what ails the U.S. economy, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday.
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An intensification of Spain's recession poses the biggest risk to the country's 'investment grade' credit rating the head of Fitch's sovereign ratings team said on Thursday.
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Central banks hold steady and Spain manages a sale — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Speculation of a euro zone break up has prejudiced the bloc and created a negative political dynamic the Slovenian President told CNBC Thursday.
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Speculation of a euro zone break up has prejudiced the bloc and created a negative political dynamic the Slovenian President told CNBC Thursday.
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As Iran’s Currency Plunges, Investors Warned on Debasement Social cohesion and trust in a country’s currency are intrinsically linked, according to Dylan Grice from the strategy team at Societe Generale who is warning that history is ‘replete’ with great disorders in which social cohesion has been undermined by the debasement of a currency.
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Better late than never. After a string of delays, and having overcome a constitutional obstacle in Germany, the euro zone’s new rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, looks set to be finally inaugurated on Monday, the Financial Times reports.
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The Turkish prime minister announced on Wednesday night that Turkey had fired artillery at targets in Syria, in retaliation for Syrian mortar fire that fell in a Turkish border town and killed five Turkish civilians, the New York Times reports.
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Rallies have to end sometime for sure, but history suggests the current one doesn't have to end anytime soon.
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The world's Top 50 hedge funds have added more to Boeing than any other stock, according to research firm FactSet.
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The wealthy are back to pre-crisis boom years when it comes to their confidence, but why are some still sitting on cash?
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What Warren Buffett once called "financial weapons of mass destruction" are firing again.
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Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa will moderate this year before recovering in 2014, the IMF said.
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Former Prime Minister Mario Monti said he does not believe another Italian election will be called any time soon.
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European shares closed higher on Wednesday, mirroring gains in the U.S. after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated his commitment to maintaining loose monetary policy.
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David Cameron, British prime minister, tells CNBC ahead of the EU Summit on tax fraud that he 'believes in low taxes for businesses' and highlights that international cooperation is crucial to tackle tax evasion.
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What should investors do with equity markets at record highs? Here is a recap of trade tips from today.