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The dollar rose against the yen in early Asian trade on Wednesday more...

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has given his finance and budget ministers one week to come up with new measures to cut France's crippling debt burden as concerns mount over prospects for growth and the country's ability to meet its deficit reduction targets. reported the FT. more...

The very latest on the debt debacle in Washington, with CNBC's John Harwood; Sen. Michael Bennet, (D-CO); Sen. Mike Lee, (R-UT); Rep. Peter Welch, (D-VT); and Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA). more...

Weighing in on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's take on what would happen if the U.S. were to default, with former Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-NH), and Jared Bernstein, former policy adviser to Vice-Pres. Biden. more...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is not expected to significantly shift the Aug. 2 date when the government will have exhausted all of its emergency measures to stave off default, a source familiar with the administration's efforts said Monday. more...

A currency trade on the Greek austerity vote, with Rebecca Patterson, JPMorgan Private Bank. Also, the Fast Money traders with stocks that pop. more...