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The question before the court

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:24:07 +1200

Last July Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, spoke of the ECB's intent to do "whatever it takes" to hold the euro area together. In the months after his comment, the ECB unveiled its Outright Monetary Transactions programme, in which ...
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EURO GOVT-Euro zone debt seen stabilising before Fed meeting

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:42:24 +1200

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - German debt dipped and lower-rated euro zone bonds were stable or stronger on Monday, although moves were expected to be limited before the U.S.
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Euro Rises Versus Yen Before Trade Data; Dollar Index Declines

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:04:04 +1200

The euro climbed against the yen before European data on the region's trade balance due today after March's record surplus.
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Euro Becomes the Port in a Storm

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:15:01 +1200

The euro is emerging as an unlikely oasis in the latest bout of market turmoil. Assets ranging from Japanese stocks to emerging-market bonds to U.S.
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UPDATE 1-Rockwood agrees 1.49 bln euro CeramTec sale to Cinven

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:21:21 +1200

FRANKFURT, June 16 (Reuters) - Cinven Ltd has agreed to buy CeramTec for 1.49 billion euros ($1.99 billion), beating rival private equity firm BC Partners Ltd in bidding for the Germany-based industrial ceramics unit of U.S.
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Rockwood agrees 1.49 billion euro CeramTec sale to Cinven

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:21:17 +1200

UL has agreed to buy CeramTec for 1.49 billion euros ($1.99 billion), beating rival private equity firm BC Partners Ltd in bidding for the Germany-based industrial ceramics unit of U.S.
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The euro may be safe for now—but Europe can't keep relying on the ECB to do ...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:29:00 +1200

The European Central Bank's independence from political influence was major dogma for the Germans, who pushed for it when the Maastricht Treaty was drafted in 1992.
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Dollar Reverses Course Against Euro, Yen

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:06:30 +1200

The dollar reversed losses against the yen, the euro and the Swiss franc on Wednesday and emerging-market currencies recovered some ground as an air of calm prevailed in foreign-exchange markets after the previous day's rout.
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The euro zone looks anxiously to Karlsruhe

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:33:30 +1200

At issue was, once again, efforts to end the euro crisis. In September the court gave a preliminary nod to the European Stability Mechanism, a fund that can lend to struggling euro-zone countries on certain conditions. But out of that judgment grew a ...
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Euro-Zone Industrial Output Rises

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:32:54 +1200

However, the increase in output was concentrated in Germany and France—the currency area's largest members—while output fell in a number of countries that have been hit hardest by the euro zone's fiscal and banking crisis, including Italy, Spain ...
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