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Discussing Europe's debt crisis and whether the EFSF will fund the bailout to the tune of 2 trillion euros; and Moody's downgrades Spain, with Larry McDonald, Newedge. Also, CNBC's Jon Fortt has the latest details from Apple's conference call. more...

Patrick Legland, global head of Research at Societe Generale, says that EFSF budget will not be enough to resolve Euro zone debt crisis. more...

Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, joined CNBC to discuss attempts to leverage-up the EFSF (the euro zone bailout fund). more...

CNBC's Silvia Wadhwa and Stephan Pedrrazi have the latest on Germany's Bundesrat approving new powers for a reworked EFSF and Spanish banks facing a reserves deadline. more...

The German Parliament's vote to expand the role of the European Financial Stability Facility has given the markets a "confidence boost," but it is only a short-term fix to Europe's solvency issues, Dino Kos, former N.Y. Fed executive vice president, told CNBC Thursday. more...

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Easing the pressure on European financial sector is critical, says Russell Jones, global head of Fixed Income Strategy at Westpac Institutional Bank. In order to do so EFSF has to be built up from its July content and it would be a good idea for ECB to reactivate its covered-bond purcashing...

The markets got a pop on news that the EU has a detailed plan in the works to lever EFSF money. The European Investment Bank would create a vehicle to issue bonds, and purchase sovereign debt, reports CNBC's Steve Liesman. more...

An EU official tells CNBC's Steve Liesman that a detailed plan is in the works on levering EFSF money. "The plan would use some EFSF money to shore up bank capital," adds Liesman. more...

Slovenia's minority government has collapsed after a no-confidence vote and this could further complicate the passage of legislation to scale up and enhance the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a key element of the euro zone's crisis response. more...

Philipp Roesler, Germany's Economy Minister, told CNBC he believes the controversial extension to the EFSF will be passed through parliament with a clear majority. more...

"It seems like we are moving in the right direction in approving the EFSF earlier than was anticipated in Germany," John M. Hydeskov, chief analyst at Danske Markets, told CNBC. more...