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The head of the International Monetary Fund delegation in Greece, Poul Thomsen, leaves the finance ministry in Athens, on Friday, April 23, 2010.

Greek debt talks to stretch into weekend
Kansas City Star Petros Giannakouris IMF chief debt inspector Poul Thomsen arrives at a government office building before meeting Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos in central Athens on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. U... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis)

Coffee Town restaurant rich toast on the fourth floor in Megamall,Batam city,Indonesia

Coffee Shop Confusion in the Netherlands
CounterPunch | Amsterdam. | New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam was even more festive than usual this season as thousands of European visitors flocked to the city to enjoy what they believed would be the last night... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi)

EU official: Greece needs extra $20 billion
The State | BRUSSELS - Greece's international debt inspectors have discovered that the debt-ridden country still needs an extra euro15 billion ($20 billion) in help - on top of a promised euro130 billion bailou... (photo: EC / EC)

Eurozone's record jobless rate presents urgent case for growth
NZ Herald | Unemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro ended last year at a record high, official figures showed a day after EU leaders acknowledged they would have to boost economic growth with the... (photo: EC / EC)

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Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in New York

EU blocks $10 billion Deutsche Boerse, NYSE merger
Asbury Park Press | BRUSSELS - The European Union on Wednesday blocked the Deutsche Boerse's planned merger with NYSE Euronext, a $10 billion deal that would have created the world's large... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)

Dollar hits three-month low versus yen
Business Day | The dollar fell to its lowest in three months against the yen on Wednesday, sparking concerns the Japanese authorities may step in to curb the yen’s strength, while b... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)

Eurozone unemployment hits record high
Al Jazeera | Unemployment in the eurozone has risen to the highest level since June 1998, before the euro was introduced, according to recent data. | Joblessness among the bloc's 17... (photo: EC / EC)

EU bids to bury deficits, end Greek debt saga
News24 | Brussels - EU leaders closed one chapter in the debt crisis late on Monday with a new treaty supposed to end deficits - then launched a big final push to resolve Greece... (photo: EC / EC)

People walk by a Samsung store in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.

EU Investigates Samsung For Possible Breach Of Antitrust Rules In Apple Patent War
Crunch Get Technology Alerts Sign Up Submit this story digg reddit stumble | By Foo Yun Chee | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are investigating whether Samsung Electronics b... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)

Cameron facing backlash from Tory MPs over euro pact
BBC News David Cameron is facing a backlash from Eurosceptic Conservatives after he agreed to the use of the European Court to enforce the eurozone fiscal pact. | The prime minist... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)

Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin speaks to the media prior to meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, May 28, 2009.

Euro Set for Long-Term Decline - Kudrin
Novosti | The euro will decrease over the next 16 months, Russia's former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday. | "From my point of view, the euro will begin declining ... (photo: AP / Sergei Grits)