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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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Glenn Beck used his radio show to complain that an American Airline flight attendant treated him rudely because Beck is a conservative. Glenn Beck says he isn't calling for a boycott the airline, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
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In an historic mix of monetary policy and fiscal politics, the European Central Bank plans buy the short-term debt of troubled European governments if they enter a program to solve their debt and deficits problems.
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ECB President Mario Draghi has finally announced a bond buying plan, and now the experts are weighing in.
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European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has announced a new "unlimited" bond-buying program to help heavily indebted euro zone countries, but will it work?
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally laid out the automaker’s plan to bolster its faltering sales in Europe. The plan hinges in part on 15 new and redesigned models Ford will sell in Europe over the next 5 years.
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The European Central Bank holds its interest rate fire, but Sweden cuts - it's time for your FX Fix.
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Q, the twinkly-eyed boffin who provides James Bond with his trademark high-tech gadgetry, faces fresh competition. The heads of British intelligence are appealing to small and medium-sized technology companies to help to provide the gizmos they need for covert operations, the Financial Times reports.
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Elizabeth Warren took direct aim at Wall Street chief executives – who “wrecked our economy” and “strut around Congress . . . acting like we should thank them” – in a primetime address on Wednesday night that solidified her reputation as a rising liberal star. The FT reports.
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Citigroup is launching a commodity trade finance business to capitalize on the pullback from the market by European lenders such as BNP Paribas, the Financial Times reports.
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Anastasia Kastaniotou, a struggling mother of three, stood near the Greek Parliament building on Wednesday and threw up her hands as she contemplated an €11.5 billion austerity package that her country’s government was trying to tie up this week to keep Greece in the euro, the New York Times reports.
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The European Central Bank is expected to come out swinging Thursday with a bond buying program intended to knock down rates for its weaker sovereigns.
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The private bank of Goldman Sachs is quietly beefing up its lending to wealthy individuals with a host of new loan products and credit offerings. The FT reports.
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Nokia and Motorola unveil new mobile phones; buzz is building for Amazon’s announcement tomorrow.
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The European Central Bank will refrain from publishing any formal cap on bond yields when it announces a new plan to buy distressed eurozone sovereign debt at its governing council meeting on Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said. The FT reports.
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Investors are poised for good news from the European Central Bank, but these strategists are taking a dimmer view.
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The long awaited September European Central Bank meeting is looming. Here's your trading plan.
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Economic reports disappoint and debt crisis skeptics get louder — it's time for your FX Fix.
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To restore economic growth requires policy makers to adopt the all-round perfection of British heptathlete Jessica Ennis.
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The scandal over global interest rates has state officials like Janet Cowell of North Carolina working intensely behind the scenes to build a case for suing the nation’s largest banks.
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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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Samsung has become the "undisputed king" of the Android smartphone industry, creating more profit from the software than Google, according to research.
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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.