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* U.S. manufacturing data puts brake on dollar's rise * Euro steady after slumping to six-week low as euro zone economy contracts * Kiwi gains 0.3 pct, pressure from dollar eases By Sophie Knight TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - The dollar moved away from...

* Nikkei turns negative as momentum stalls; firmer elsewhere * Japan's Q1 growth beats forecasts * Euro in doldrums after dour euro zone economic data By Ian Chua SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Some stock markets across Asia edged up on Thursday after...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy and France need to work harder and faster to resolve their structural problems, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. Michael Meister, deputy parliamentary floor...

LONDON (Reuters) - Debt may be everywhere but there's a scarcity of bonds. With governments awash with debt and furiously selling new securities to fund bloated budget deficits, the idea of a bond shortage on the marketplace may sound puzzling. Yet...

* Euro breaks $1.29 after weak German data * Dollar rises above 102.50 yen * European shares resilient after weak euro zone Q1 growth data By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Surprisingly weak first quarter economic growth numbers from...

* Germany returns to anaemic growth * France shrinks 0.2 percent * Euro zone likely to remain in recession * Italy suffers seventh quarter of decline By Sarah Marsh and Ingrid Melander BERLIN/PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy crept back...

* Euro zone economy contracts 0.2 percent in first quarter * France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Finland all shrink BRUSSELS, May 15 (Reuters) - The euro zone's economy contracted for the sixth straight quarter at the start of this year, data showed on...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's economy contracted for the sixth straight quarter at the start of this year, data showed on Wednesday, marking its longest recession on records dating back to 1995. Falling output across the bloc, from France to...

* Euro breaks below $1.29 after weak German data * Weak euro zone data fuels interest rate cut hopes * Dollar rises through 102.50 yen briefly * European shares stall on GDP but soon resume climb By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - The euro hit...

* Euro zone contracts 0.2 pct in first quarter * Germany returns to anaemic growth; France shrinks * Hope for stabilisation in second half of 2013 By Robin Emmott and Sarah Marsh BRUSSELS/BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy crept back into...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Investment will return soon to breathe new life into Germany's economy, a top cabinet minister and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters on Wednesday after data showed Europe's largest economy crept back into meager first-...

* Euro breaks below $1.29 on weak euro zone data * European GDP data fuels rate cut hopes * Dollar rises through 102.50 yen briefly * European shares climb, U.S. stocks seen mixed By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - The euro hit a six-week...