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Thursday, 2 October 2008 

ECB holds interest rates steady

Eurozone central bankers keep key rate at 4.25% despite fears of recession.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Bank bail-outs pose tough questions

Though troubles in the banking sector have now arrived in mainland Europe, national governments and the European Commission seem resistant to a new EU single regulator and disagreements remain over [...]

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Thursday, 2 October 2008 

France in bid to boost solvency of insurers

Proposal aims to update insurance company rules; more obligations to help cross-border subsidiaries.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Going south to Lalaland

Europe, and Brussels, are showing all too many signs of admiring great Southern traditions: hysteria, demagoguery, spite and babble.

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Neck-high in the rubble of the West's pyramid schemes

The financial crisis will hasten historians' judgement that eastern Europe wasted years of potential reform.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Don't lose sight of aid in quest for trade

We press over-hard for trade, while shamefully soft-pedalling on our aid commitments.

Monday, 29 September 2008

Financial crisis hits Fortis

Benelux governments bail out Fortis; Spain's Santander buys troubled British financial institution.

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Purging the toxins

Deregulation was the root cause of the financial crisis; more regulation is needed to uproot the causes.

Saturday, 27 September 2008

Thursday, 25 September 2008

How Europe brought the euro to life

The father of the European Central Bank's monetary policy pulls back the curtains, a little.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

A word to the wise: heed the harbingers of doom

A once-in-50-year storm has arrived – and may change the political climate.

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