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Poland relaunches drive to join euro
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EU nears deal on single banking rule book
Bloc on brink of agreement to implement Basel III capital rules
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Global capital flows plunge 60%
UK sees biggest decline in cross-border loans and investment
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Slovenia appoints new PM to halt decline
Alenka Bratusek set to become country’s first woman PM
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11:17pm
S Africa forecasts slower growth in 2013
Budget deficit for financial year predicted to rise to 5.2%
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Feb 27, 2013
Poll confusion lifts Italy’s borrowing costs
Rome raises €6.5bn at bond sale but yields highest since October
Feb 27, 2013
Eurozone confidence offers recovery hope
February business sentiment exceeds market expectations
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Feb 26, 2013
Rome deadlock exposes Europe’s debt delusion
A banking system overloaded with debt is a cause of nervousness
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Feb 26, 2013
Italy takes a step into the unknown
Parties should unite behind an agenda for political reform
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Feb 26, 2013
ECB’s market backstop faces Italy test
Politicians likely to reject conditions that accompany help
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Feb 26, 2013
South African economy stays sluggish
Country’s growth below some African peers
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Feb 26, 2013
Italy’s borrowing costs jump after poll
Investors look to future bond auctions for measure of sentiment
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Feb 26, 2013
Election jolt fractures fragile sentiment
Fears of rising anti-euro bias among Italian voters hit markets
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Feb 26, 2013
Italy rejected a lot more than austerity
A decontamination of Italian politics must come before economic salvation
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Feb 25, 2013
Loans payback points to divided eurozone
Delve into figures and a picture of a two-tier Europe emerges
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The sad record of fiscal austerity
The ECB could have prevented the panic. Tens of millions are now suffering unnecessarily