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Police wait for protesters outside a London Barclays branch: Barclays has agreed to pay more than $450 million to settle charges that it manipulated a benchmark interest rate.

The Libor banking scandal: An instant guide

July 17, 2012, at 6:20 PM

The latest controversy roiling global banks could affect trillions of dollars worth of financial contracts

Canada's former Prime Minister Paul Martin kept the country on track with a "fiscally conservative form of socialism."

How did Canadians become richer than Americans?

July 17, 2012, at 1:20 PM

For the first time in decades, the average Canadian family surpasses its U.S. counterpart in terms of net worth. Here, 4 theories as to how it happened

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, announced that his bank was slashing interest rates from 1 percent to 0.75 percent, the lowest level in the ECB's 14-year history.

Global rate cuts: Are central banks bracing for economic calamity?

July 6, 2012, at 10:20 AM

Europe and China slash interest rates, and Britain says it will essentially print money — raising fears that the world's top bankers are entering "panic mode"

European leaders agreed to a $622 billion bailout last week, with the caveat from Germany that some kind of central regulatory authority be established.

The latest euro rescue plan: Crisis averted?

July 2, 2012, at 11:21 AM

European leaders achieve a major breakthrough in tackling the continent's debt crisis, but as always, longterm concerns linger

The euro symbol is reflected in a puddle in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany: Eurozone leaders meet in Brussels Thursday to decide the monetary system's fate.

This week's EU summit: The last chance to save the euro?

June 26, 2012, at 6:35 PM

With Spain's borrowing costs skyrocketing and Cyprus begging for billions in aid, Europe's leaders find themselves with their backs against the wall

Newly appointed Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends the first cabinet meeting of the country's new government, which is expected to ask Europe to ease up on harsh austerity demands.

Should Germany reward Greece for forming a government?

June 22, 2012, at 3:05 PM

Greek voters elect to remain in the eurozone — despite the economic pain the country has suffered — prompting calls for the EU to cut Greece some slack

European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso implied this week that America's financial excesses contaminated the EU's economy.

Did the U.S. cause the European debt crisis?

June 20, 2012, at 6:43 PM

A top European leader implies that American banks are responsible for the euro's current woes, reflecting deep divisions among the world's leading economies

Alliance Boots' chief executive and Walgreens' president shake hands at an event announcing the American company's acquisition of the international pharmacy company.

Walgreens' big bet on Europe: Bad idea?

June 20, 2012, at 1:33 PM

The American pharmacy giant purchases a stake in European mega-chain Alliance Boots — putting itself at the mercy of the continent's worsening debt crisis

Greek's New Democracy party, headed by Antonis Samaras, is expected to try and renegotiate the terms of its bailout with Germany.

Greece averts disaster: What's next for the eurozone?

June 19, 2012, at 12:45 PM

Voters in Greece give markets a brief reprieve from their daily diet of panic, but the European debt crisis isn't even close to being over

New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras waves to his supporters last Friday: His pro-austerity party narrowly won Greece's election Sunday.

Greece's pro-austerity election results: 4 takeaways

June 18, 2012, at 11:55 AM

Greek voters narrowly back an establishment party that pledges to adhere to EU demands and keep Greece as part of Europe's single currency. What happens next?

Spain's Finance Minister Cristobol Montoro reacts during a session of parliament Wednesday: The struggling country reached a new low this week when interest costs on Spanish bonds hit seven percent.

Spain's skyrocketing borrowing costs: 4 burning questions

June 15, 2012, at 1:01 PM

Has the debt-saddled country reached the point of no return? Can Europe even afford another bailout? Read on...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti leads a country whose economy, the third-largest in Europe, is burdened by the continent's second-highest debt-to-GDP ratio.

The euro crisis: Is Italy the next domino to fall?

June 12, 2012, at 1:25 PM

With a $125 billion bank bailout for Spain doing little to calm jittery nerves, new fears surface over the debt-burdened economy in Mario Monti's Italy

A woman protests Spain's bank bailout, which may only be a Band-Aid for the continent's fourth-largest economy.

Spain's bank bailout: Just kicking the crisis down the road?

June 11, 2012, at 11:37 AM

Europe agrees to provide Spain's crippled banks with $125 billion in aid, averting a collapse of the euro currency bloc — for now

President Obama and the Group of Eight grapple with the eurozone crisis at Camp David: A breakup of the euro could undermine both the U.S. recovery and Obama's reelection chances.

Is the U.S. insulated from the European debt crisis?

June 7, 2012, at 1:50 PM

Conventional wisdom says a breakup of the euro would devastate the U.S. economy. But, arguably, America could weather the storm

Business magnate George Soros continues to sound the alarm over the eurozone crisis, saying the result will be an EU entirely dependent upon Germany.

Will the euro crisis lead to a 'German empire'?

June 5, 2012, at 12:23 PM

Billionaire investor George Soros says it's in Germany's economic interest to keep the euro — but it might come at a steep cost to everyone else

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