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LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of investor demand that has allowed Deutsche Bank and two other lenders to raise six billion euros ($7.7 billion)in new share capital in the past month is unlikely to prompt other European banks to go to their shareholders for...

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ATHENS — Greek bank stocks plunged 30% on Monday, the maximum allowed in a day, after plans to merge the country's two biggest lenders were suddenly frozen. The surprise freeze came amid testy talks between the government and international...

ATHENS – Fears concerning Greece’s efforts to fix its faltering economy flared anew Monday as bank shares sank 30% -- the maximum allowed in a day -- after plans to merge the country’s two biggest lenders were suddenly frozen. Investors...

Less than a week after Greece installed a rickety coalition government, fresh fears of uncertainty flared when Vassilis Rapanos, the man expected to fill the crucial post of finance minister, said he was turning down the job for health reasons....

Greece’s creaky coalition on Tuesday appointed economist Ioannis Stournaras to spearhead efforts to fix the country's broken economy - with the job of fixing the country’s broken economy -- a critical but hugely unpopular post which the...

European leaders called Wednesday for the 17-nation Eurozone to create a "banking union" to collectively stabilize struggling financial institutions and protect national governments from taking on excessive debt to bail out their banks....

Oh tempora! O mores! What new times and customs have we now, with the euro crisis upon us? What updated gods do the Greeks and Italians need to meet them? And what new responsibilities should devolve upon the old ones?......

For Europe, the unthinkable now is reality: A euro zone country -- Greece -- is defaulting on its debt, as its bond investors are being asked to swap their securities for new ones with less appealing terms. The idea is......