Japanese online retailer Rakuten expects to defy European gloom Mar 22nd, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) By Alice Baghdjian LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is used to defying convention, having quit the safety of a job at the Industrial Bank of Japan at the age of 31 and insisting employees at his new business spoke E... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japanese, online, retailer, rakuten, expects, defy, european, gloom, Top Keywords

Cyprus, European data rattle shares and euro Mar 21st, 2013 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - Signs the euro zone's economic downturn is deepening and worries over a possible financial meltdown in Cyprus sent world shares, oil and the single currency lower on Thursday. The falls could have been great... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cyprus, european, data, rattle, shares, euro, european, gloom, Top Keywords

Cyprus jitters keep euro, Asian stocks subdued Mar 20th, 2013 - 05:10h (CET +01.00) By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro struggled on Wednesday after a bailout plan for Cyprus fell into disarray, but losses were limited on investors' hopes that a last minute deal was still within reach. Cyprus's parliam... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cyprus, jitters, keep, euro, asian, stocks, subdued, gloom, Top Keywords

Challenge for pope in Europe's dwindling church Mar 19th, 2013 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) BORGLOON, Belgium (AP) - The church is made of rusty steel beams separated by gaps, and its austere beauty won it an international prize. Yet the eerie desolation of the see-through art installation has also turned into a reflection on the state of R... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : challenge, pope, europe's, dwindling, church, stocks, subdued, gloom, Top Keywords

Stocks drop after turmoil in Cyprus sinks the euro Mar 18th, 2013 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are slumping on Wall Street and Europe after shock over a proposed tax on bank savings in the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus sent the euro sinking against other currencies. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, drop, turmoil, cyprus, sinks, euro, subdued, gloom, Top Keywords

S&P warns of socially explosive situation in euro zone Mar 18th, 2013 - 05:50h (CET +01.00) BERLIN (Reuters) - Standard and Poor's sees a high risk that Spain, Italy, Portugal and France will not be able to carry through necessary reforms as the unemployed become less willing to put up with austerity, S&P's Germany head Torste... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, warns, socially, explosive, situation, euro, zone, gloom, Top Keywords

Europe eases the austerity whip _ a little Mar 15th, 2013 - 12:10h (CET +01.00) FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Three and a half years into its government-debt crisis, there are signs that Europe is adopting a gentler approach toward austerity. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : europe, eases, austerity, whip, little, euro, zone, gloom, Top Keywords

Big snow dump slows European trains, planes, roads Mar 13th, 2013 - 11:00h (CET +01.00) PARIS (AP) - Snow-choked European cities are struggling to get planes, trains and roads moving again after a surprisingly intense, late-season storm. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : snow, dump, slows, european, trains, planes, roads, gloom, Top Keywords

Wall Street slips after seven-day rally, warning on Europe Mar 12th, 2013 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sagged on Tuesday as investors paused after a seven-session string of gains and the Bundesbank's chief warned the euro zone's crisis has not ended. On Wall Street, investors' confidence ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wall, street, slips, sevenday, rally, warning, europe, gloom, Top Keywords

Snow ties up European planes, trains, roads Mar 12th, 2013 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) PARIS (AP) - Frankfurt's airport closed, trains stopped running under the English Channel, and the French army was ordered to help clear roads - all because of a sudden dump of oddly late snowfall on Western Europe. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : snow, ties, european, planes, trains, roads, europe, gloom, Top Keywords