NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets drifted lower on Friday as investors were beset by worries that central bank stimulus may be curtailed, but the dollar recovered against the euro to trade almost flat after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was on track for its biggest daily drop in more than five weeks against the yen on Thursday after a sharp slide in Japanese stocks and weak Chinese factory activity data prompted a rush for the safe-haven Japanese currency. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour <CARR.PA> shares dropped over 5 percent on Thursday, reversing gains from the day before, amid concerns the world's No. 2 retailer is pulling out of too many high-growth markets after the surprise sale of a Middle Eastern venture. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is pledging 5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) to boost research on semiconductors and other electronics items used in everything from smartphones to cars, in a bid to boost the sector which is lagging U.S. and Asian rivals. Full story
The financial situation in the tiny island nation is high on the agenda of the euro zone's finance ministers, reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
CNBC's Ross Westgate reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as stocks slip lower ahead of the euro zone meeting.
Buying pressure in the yen lead to a brief dip in the dollar compared to that currency, with David Woo, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, and Gary Kozlowski, United Futures Trading. "The only thing that can save the euro is a weaker euro," adds Woo.
CNBC's Brian Shactman joins Morning Joe to discuss U.S. GDP growth, a rise in weekly jobless claims and the reopening of Cyprus Banks.
CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports Cyprus is desperately searching for a Plan B, as the struggling country must find billions of euros to secure a European Union bailout. Adam Lerrick, American Enterprise Institute, weighs in.
One Euro cent coins are seen after being minted in the Austrian Mint headquarters in Vienna April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
A view of the headquarters of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in Essen in this December 11, 2012 file photograph. ThyssenKrupp posted a net loss of 656 million euros ($851 million) for the fiscal second quarter through the end of March as it cut the book value of Steel Americas to
Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos listens to Ireland's Finance Minister Michael Noonan during an euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 13, 2013. The euro zone can make progress on creating a banking union before having to take a decision on whether a change to the European Unio
(L-R) Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and Ireland's Finance Minister Michael Noonan attend an euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 13, 2013. The euro zone can make progre
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