All German banks stress-tested by European regulators are certain they will get the green light, although some lenders will just scrape through, sources close to banks and watchdogs said on Friday. "There
* Replaces capital adequacy as benchmark * Two largest banks must exceed 10% by 2014 * The Central Bank of Cyprus has set a new core tier 1 minimum capital requirement of
* Results of stress tests to be published July 15 European governments are ready to bail out those banks which cannot raise capital from investors after the EU details on July 15
Greece granted European Goldfields a long-awaited permit to mine for gold in the country's north on Friday, a move set to turn the London-based firm into the European Union's largest primary gold
Thailand's prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, sought on Friday to dispel fears of a crippling inflationary backlash from populist promises made in her election campaign, saying she would weigh up the consequences
* Harming Turkey's bid to join the European Union * U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called on leaders of divided Cyprus to overcome their differences by October with a view to ending a
Space shuttle Atlantis was set to rocket off its seaside launch pad in Florida on Friday on the final flight in the 30-year U.S. shuttle program. Liftoff was set for 11:26 a.m.
The chairman of Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, arrived in court on Friday to face prosecutors over allegations of involvement in a match-fixing scandal that has rocked Turkish soccer. The Istanbul court has already
The IMF executive board on Friday is expected to approve the disbursement of just over 3 bln euros for Greece, in time to help the country pay debts falling due this month.
Asian stocks are set for their third consecutive week of gains on expectations of strong U.S. jobs data later on Friday while the euro held on to most of its overnight gains
