Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 8, 2012
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers are still divided on what contribution the ECB could make to a restructuring of Greece’s sovereign debt, two euro zone monetary policy sources said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 2, 2012
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank posted a fourth-quarter pretax loss after investment banking wilted amid the sovereign debt crisis, and as bad investments and litigation charges spoiled Josef Ackermann’s final earnings presentation as chief executive.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 31, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, with sentiment improving on signs of progress in dealing with Europe’s long-running sovereign debt crisis.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 23, 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the IMF called on European governments to boost the size of their rescue fund and consider financial risk-sharing steps like common euro zone bonds as a way out of their sovereign debt crisis.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 16, 2012
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Monday on fears that mass sovereign debt rating cuts by Standard & Poor’s would further aggravate euro zone funding difficulties, threatening to derail progress in resolving the debt crisis.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 12, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures rose on Thursday after well-received European sovereign debt auctions encouraged investors ahead of job market and retail sales data expected to show the U.S. economy is steadily recovering.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 10, 2012
Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has urged banks to publish more details about their exposure to European sovereign debt, a factor in the recent bankruptcy of the futures brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd .
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 8, 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German and French leaders meet on Monday to discuss ways to boost growth in euro zone states struggling to overcome the sovereign debt crisis and rising unemployment, and finalise a deal to increase fiscal coordination within the currency union.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 5, 2012
PARIS (Reuters) – A March summit of European Union leaders will discuss increasing the firepower of the bloc’s permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to cope with an upcoming glut of sovereign debt maturities, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Thursday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 21, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Wednesday as hope faded that banks would use the European Central Bank’s massive funding operation to buy regional sovereign debt and help mend the deep-rooted debt crisis.
