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Thinking the unthinkable -- a eurozone "divorce"
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Dec 2, 2011
If the 17-member eurozone did break up -- either because of bond market pressure or irreconcilable differences -- what would the divorce look like?
Is the euro's death approaching?
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Nov 25, 2011
In yet another bad development in the eurozone debt crisis, Italy saw its borrowing costs skyrocket. And now a British regulator has called on U.K. banks to prepare for the possible disintegration of the euro.
Financial markets unimpressed by EU treaties plan
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Nov 24, 2011
Critics say a plan proposed by leaders of Germany, France and Italy to modify European Union treaties won't help with the immediate crisis.
Germany struggles to sell its debt
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Nov 23, 2011
The country that's considered the strongest in the eurozone had a hard time convincing investors to lay down cash for its debt today, which means the troubles going on in Europe could be entering a new phase.
A European bank run around the bond market
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Nov 22, 2011
The teachable moment out of the European financial mess today involves creeping contagion in unlikely places.
Merkel: To get through crisis, more Europe needed
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Nov 14, 2011
Economist Julia Coronado discusses the difficult situation Europe is in right now and what German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to happen.
The root of Italy's problems
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Mar 6, 2013
Berlusconi may be gone, but Italia's problems persists. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how Italy got into the mess it's in today.
Europe’s toughest hour since WWII
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Nov 14, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns that Europe needs a closer political union to climb out of financial crisis.
Euro crisis: A view from London to Los Angeles
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Nov 1, 2011
The programme I present, Business Daily, is broadcast on the BBC's World Service and has a world agenda. But recently we've spent a lot of time...
Eyes on Brussels as Europe's problems simmer
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Nov 11, 2011
With only days to go before a deadline to come up with a plan to settle the European sovereign debt crisis, the main players are still a long way from accord











