Greece's parliament begins on Monday to debate a deeply unpopular austerity plan which international lenders are demanding to see approved this week to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Greece's conservative opposition has
The U.S. dollar rose for a fourth consecutive session and equities fell on Monday, with investors nervous ahead of a Greek vote on unpopular austerity measures this week that may sow stronger
The head of bank lobby group the Institute of International Finance (IIF) is to meet the chairman of the main euro zone body working out ways to tackle Greece's debt crisis on
Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday calling for President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, and a rights group said security forces had shot at least one demonstrator dead.
U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Friday after a brief suspension in the trading of some big Italian banks raised new concerns about the European debt crisis, though better-than-expected durable goods orders
EU leaders appointed Italy's Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Central Bank on Friday and another Italian on the ECB's executive board agreed to step down to smooth the
European shares bounced back on Friday from three-month closing lows, with investor risk appetite rising on expectations Greece could avoid a default after international agencies gave their go-ahead for a five-year austerity
The National Bank of Greece, the country’s largest lender, expects non-performing loans to peak this year and will sell a 20% stake in its Turkish unit Finansbank as soon as market conditions
Greece's conservative opposition has maintained a lead over the ruling Socialists, with three quarters of Greeks opposed to a new government austerity package aimed at avoiding default, an opinion poll showed on
German business sentiment rose for the first time in four months in June, bucking expectations for a drop and showing the economy still growing strongly in comparison with struggling European peers. The
