By:
JAMEY KEATEN
12/08/11 1:59 AM
Europe's conservative political leaders on Thursday warned of dire consequences if an 11th-hour EU summit failed to save the euro from the crush of crippling state debts.
With the 17-nation eurozone's fate hanging in the balance, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a gathering of the center-right European People's Party that they needed to agree to tougher rules on national budgets.
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By:
DON MELVIN
11/29/11 1:42 AM
With Italy sinking rapidly into financial chaos, the eurozone's 17 finance ministers scrambled Tuesday to find enough money to give their rescue fund a veneer of credibility and the markets some reason to believe their embattled currency won't break up.
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By:
The Associated Press
11/21/11 1:44 AM
Failure by Congress' debt-cutting supercommittee to recommend $1.2 trillion in budget savings by Wednesday is supposed to automatically trigger spending cuts to accomplish the job.
Yet with the bipartisan debt panel increasingly unlikely to reach a deal, lawmakers who concocted the idea for the automatic cuts already are trying to figure out how to keep that budget axe from whacking their favorite programs.
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By:
DANIEL WOOLLS
11/20/11 3:16 AM
Spain's opposition conservatives swept commandingly into power and into the hot seat Sunday as voters enduring a 21.5 percent jobless rate and stagnant economy dumped the Socialists — the third time in as many weeks Europe's debt crisis has claimed a government.
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By:
COLLEEN BARRY
11/16/11 2:06 AM
Premier Mario Monti formed a new Italian government without a single politician Wednesday, drawing from the ranks of bankers, diplomats and business executives to create a team to steer Italy away from financial disaster.
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By:
FRANK JORDANS
11/22/10 4:41 AM
Switzerland could face political pressure from the United States and European Union if foreign companies continue taking advantage of the country's low tax rates by moving their corporate headquarters here, a Swiss official said Monday.
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