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Growth in the euro zone's dominant service sector slowed for a third straight month in June, and by more than an initial estimate, with sluggish new orders dimming the outlook, a survey showed on Tuesday. more...

Growth in the euro zone's manufacturing sector lost steam last month as exports slowed to a trickle and domestic demand all but dried up, while the region's weaker economies appear to be slipping back into recession, a key survey showed on Friday. more...

More Greek drama: rapid price changes in a corner of the currency markets suggest banks are worried about an interbank lending freeze, absent a rescue plan for Greece. more...

The bickering continues in Europe as a critical deadline looms for Greece — but you wouldn't know it from watching the euro against the dollar. more...

The eurozone, as designed, has failed. It was based on a set of principles that have proved unworkable at the first contact with a financial and fiscal crisis, according to the FT. more...

Gold held steady on Tuesday after rising to its highest level in more than three weeks in the previous session, with investors still focusing on Greek bailout uncertainty. more...

Gold inched down on Wednesday, having rallied to its highest level in three weeks in the previous session, but sentiment was still underpinned by nagging debt fears in Europe which had prompted investors to ditch the euro. more...

The U.S. dollar held firm near a seven-week high against a basket of currencies and the euro remained on the defensive on Tuesday amid worries that the euro zone's debt crisis could spread to heavyweights like Spain that had been considered safe from contagion. more...

Investors ditched the euro and turned to gold as a safe haven after Fitch cut Greece's debt ratings by three notches, pushing the country deeper into junk.* more...

The sight of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund and prospective candidate for the French presidency, doing the "perp walk" was stupefying. If the charges are true, this capable man is a lunatic. But, unless the case collapses, the event will cast a long...

Gold held steady on Wednesday as worries about the euro zone's debt crisis lent support to bullion, after weak U.S. industrial and housing data triggered declines in oil and metals in the previous session. more...

Europe will not let the euro fail and European Union countries are committed to cutting deficits, the president of the European Council told Chinese officials on Tuesday, seeking to ease fears that the euro zone crisis could imperil China's investments. more...