<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/23801472/device/rss/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Power Lunch Europe</title><description><![CDATA[Power Lunch Europe]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/23801472</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:50 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>The Trade-Off That Created Germany’s Job Miracle </title><description><![CDATA[More than a quarter of the work force in Spain or Greece is without jobs, but there is a city on the Danube north of Munich that has the opposite problem: not enough workers, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/49158696</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_49158696</guid> </item>  <item><title>In Britain, Austerity Collides With Pension System</title><description><![CDATA[It may be the age of austerity for many in Britain. For a former doctor, Geoffrey Lipman, it is anything but.  Dr. Geoffrey Lipman, who is retired, gets about $78,000 a year in his government pension. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/49114310</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_49114310</guid> </item>  <item><title>The Country Beckons Spaniards as Jobs in Cities Grow Scarce</title><description><![CDATA[Spain&#039;s economic crisis has prompted a movement within Spain dubbed it “rurbanismo,” a term invented to describe the reverse migration from city to country that has stemmed a generations-old trend that has long been the usual pattern in most advanced industrial economies, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/49013859</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_49013859</guid> </item>  <item><title>Treasury Backs Plan for Standard Chartered Settlement</title><description><![CDATA[Lawyers within the Treasury Department have recommended a preliminary settlement with Standard Chartered, clearing the path for the British bank to pay a penalty to state and federal prosecutors and to move beyond claims that it flouted laws governing international money transfers. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/49012024</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_49012024</guid> </item>  <item><title>Economic Stimulus as the Election Nears? It’s Been Done Before</title><description><![CDATA[In September 1992, the Federal Reserve culminated a long-running effort to stimulate the sluggish economy by cutting its benchmark interest rate to 3 percent, the lowest level it had reached in almost three decades. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48998030</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48998030</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bets on European Bonds Paying Off for Funds</title><description><![CDATA[When fear gripped the European markets in April, the money manager Robert Tipp decided to buy more Portuguese government bonds. He figured that European officials wouldn’t let the country turn into another Greece.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48986767</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48986767</guid> </item>  <item><title>Politics Cannot Take Center Stage in ECB Decisions</title><description><![CDATA[You know me. I am like a Joan of Arc of the European Central Bank. For the better part of its existence I have reported about and vigorously defended its mandate and most of the time its policies and strategy. Even at times when it was facing a barrage of criticism from infuriated or frustrated markets. So nobody, nobody ever accuse me of being an ECB-, let alone euroskeptic.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48968367</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48968367</guid> </item>  <item><title>Greek Government and Public at Odds Over New Cuts</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48923395</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48923395</guid> </item>  <item><title>German at European Central Bank at Odds With Country’s Policy Makers</title><description><![CDATA[A top German official at the European Central Bank on Monday defended the bank’s plans to intervene in bond markets to push down borrowing costs for businesses and encourage economic growth. The position puts him at odds with the president of Germany&#039;s central bank and highlights a growing split in the country’s policy-making elite.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48809764</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48809764</guid> </item>  <item><title>Euro’s Medicine May Be Making Greece’s Symptoms Worse</title><description><![CDATA[Greece&#039;s official lenders are signaling a growing reluctance to keep paying the bills of the nearly bankrupt nation, even as the government seeks leniency on its bailout terms. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48319433</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48319433</guid> </item>  <item><title>In Euro Zone, Debt Pressure Tightens Grip </title><description><![CDATA[Signs that cracks in the euro zone are widening sent markets on the Continent down sharply on Monday, as doubts grew about Greece’s ability to make good on its debt payments and Spain’s economy — the region’s fourth largest — was straining under the pressure of the government’s austerity measures, the NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48296170</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48296170</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Is Building Criminal Cases in Rate Fixing</title><description><![CDATA[As regulators ramp up their global investigation into the manipulation of interest rates, the Justice Department has identified potential criminal wrongdoing by big banks and individuals at the center of the scandal. The New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48187961</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48187961</guid> </item>  <item><title>Europe’s Downturn Creates Unlikely Smugglers</title><description><![CDATA[For years, law enforcement officers and smugglers have played cat and mouse in Europe, where contraband cigarettes are stashed in everything from furniture shipments to loads of Christmas trees, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48157410</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48157410</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bank Scandal Turns Spotlight to Regulators</title><description><![CDATA[As big banks face the fallout from a global investigation into interest rate manipulation, American and British lawmakers are scrutinizing regulators who failed to take action that might have prevented years of illegal activity, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48129915</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48129915</guid> </item>  <item><title>Trade Group for Bankers Regulates a Key Rate</title><description><![CDATA[While it was big news when the Barclays chairman, Marcus Agius, resigned Monday over his bank’s role in the Libor rate-fixing scandal. Less noticed was his other resignation that same day, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/48090663</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_48090663</guid> </item>  <item><title>Talks May Test Partnership Between a Weak France and a Strong Germany</title><description><![CDATA[The French President is determined to show the French that he is willing to stand up to Berlin, to push the German Chancellor to contribute even more than before toward a lasting solution of the euro mess. The New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47915443</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47915443</guid> </item>  <item><title>European Leaders to Present Plan to Quell the Crisis Quickly </title><description><![CDATA[The head of the European Central Bank and other euro zone leaders worked on Saturday on a grand vision for the euro zone meant to reassure investors and allies that flaws in the currency union will be addressed quickly. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47843124</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47843124</guid> </item>  <item><title>In Europe, Banks Borrowing to Stay Ahead of the Tide</title><description><![CDATA[As Europe works to prop up Spain’s wobbling banks, its leaders still face a problem that plagues the Continent’s increasingly vulnerable financial institutions — a longstanding addiction to the borrowed money that provides the day-to-day financing they need to survive. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47765316</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47765316</guid> </item>  <item><title>Greece Warns of Going Broke as Tax Proceeds Dry Up</title><description><![CDATA[As European leaders grapple with how to preserve their monetary union, Greece is rapidly running out of money, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47700847</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47700847</guid> </item>  <item><title>Most Aid to Athens Circles Back to Europe</title><description><![CDATA[The European bailout of 130 billion euros ($163.4 billion) that was supposed to buy time for Greece is mainly servicing only the interest on the country’s debt — while the Greek economy continues to struggle, the New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47609199</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 04:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47609199</guid> </item>  <item><title>As Euro Meeting Fizzles Out, 2 Leaders Head Home to Tend Political Gardens</title><description><![CDATA[French President, Francois Hollande has cast himself as the European leader pushing hardest to forge a growth-oriented “new path” through the euro zone’s grinding debt crisis, pitting him against the austerity-minded German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the New York Times reports. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47561778</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47561778</guid> </item>  <item><title>Subsidies Aid Rebirth in U.S. Manufacturing </title><description><![CDATA[Walking through his high-ceilinged factory here, explaining the production of sheets of copper, M. Brian O’Shaughnessy comes across as a staunch advocate of manufacturing in America. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47383318</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47383318</guid> </item>  <item><title>Has German Opposition Joined the Pro-Growth Chorus?</title><description><![CDATA[German lawmakers likely will delay a vote on the euro zone&#039;s fiscal compact on budget discipline because the country&#039;s main opposition party wants to insert growth-focused measures into the pact, a coalition source told CNBC.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47350892</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47350892</guid> </item>  <item><title>German Patience With Greece on the Euro Wears Thin </title><description><![CDATA[Just weeks ago, the idea that Greece would leave the euro zone was almost unthinkable. Now, with Greece’s newly empowered political parties refusing to abide by the terms of the country’s international loan agreement and Europe’s leaders talking tough, that outcome is looking increasingly likely. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47038142</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47038142</guid> </item>  <item><title>'Stateless' Super-rich Wear Out Their Welcome in Posh Enclaves</title><description><![CDATA[The invasion of the super-rich has a social impact, diluting what is referred to as the “civic” quality of the cities they have adopted as their playgrounds.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47248862</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47248862</guid> </item>  <item><title>In Italy, Fake Euros That Even the Authorities Admire</title><description><![CDATA[In Italy, the art of counterfeiting money — like winemaking, pottery, fabrics, and other fine arts for which Italy is justly famous — is often passed from father to son. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47233345</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47233345</guid> </item>  <item><title>For Some Corporate Chiefs, Private Security Is a Tax Break</title><description><![CDATA[Directors often dole out personal safety perks to ease a chief executive’s tax bill. By classifying the benefits as security measures, the executives typically get a better tax treatment on the services.  It’s a common corporate tax trick. The New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/47013025</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_47013025</guid> </item>  <item><title>Regulators Expected to Penalize JPMorgan Over Lehman Collapse </title><description><![CDATA[When Lehman Brothers collapsed at the height of the financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase was at the center of the storm. The bank was a major lender to the firm, which filed the biggest bankruptcy in United States history. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/46948325</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_46948325</guid> </item>  <item><title>Romney’s Day to Relish Is Marred by Aide’s Gaffe</title><description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney sought to use the coveted endorsement of Jeb Bush on Wednesday to amplify his call for Republicans to rally behind his candidacy and get on with the mission of ousting President Obama. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/46818657</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_46818657</guid> </item>  <item><title>Banks to Face Tough Reviews, Details of Mortgage Deal Show</title><description><![CDATA[Banks will face stiff penalties and intense public scrutiny if they fail to live up to the standards of a $25 billion mortgage settlement with state and federal authorities, according to court documents filed as part of the deal Monday in federal court in Washington. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/46714569</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_46714569</guid> </item> </channel>   </rss>