ECB attacks France over finances
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European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet attacks France for being the "number one spender" in Europe.
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European finance ministers pointed a finger of blame at US policy on Tuesday as the euro clung to record highs against the dollar despite a statement with the European Central Bank that had sought to talk it down.
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Chancellor criticises Britain's banks for recklessly lending money to consumers.
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Euro zone finance ministers on Monday voiced concern about the euro&#39;s surge to record highs against the dollar, with some pressing for international
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The European banking sector continued to be hammered on Monday. Shares in French, German and Swiss banks were the hardest hit, but even Spanish and Italian institutions with minimal US subprime exposure could not escape.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed Thursday it had its eye on crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for vowing to ward off hostile bids.
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French bank Societe Generale said fraud by a single trader had caused it a 4.9 billion euro ($7.1 billion) loss and that it would seek emergency funds as a result, shocking battered markets.
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Societe Generale faces growing embarrassment after it emerged the French bank was warned last year about the suspect activities of Jerome Kerviel and its key fraud accusation against the 31-year-old trader collapsed.
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The European Central Bank repeated concern Thursday about inflationary pressures in the 13-nation eurozone, a day after saying it would join a coordinated liquidity injection with four other central banks.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will use a "credit crunch" meeting in London on Tuesday to call for order to be imposed on a financial system that "sometimes seems out of control".
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BRUSSELS: The European Central Bank and euro zone finance ministers have issued their starkest warning to date that they are unhappy with the euro&#39;s surge and said they were closely monitoring exchange rate swings.
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Europe stepped up verbal attacks on the United States over its yawning deficits but failed to arrest the euro's record-breaking, and economically damaging, rally against the dollar.
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The French bank said that the fraud had been committed by a trader in charge of hedging on European index futures.
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Defenders of financial rigour in the European Union attacked German calls for a radical dilution of the eurozone's budget rules at a lively meeting of EU finance chiefs.
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BRUSSELS  - Europe stepped up verbal attacks on the United States over its yawning deficits but failed to arrest the euro&#39;s record-breaking, and economically damaging, rally against the dollar.
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The European Central Bank and European finance ministers are unhappy with the Euro&#39;s surge. To this end, they vowed to closely monitoring exchange rate swings.
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The European Union head office threatened Tuesday to take France to court and demand the return of subsidies to troubled energy and train giant Alstom SA, alleging that the government has not complied with EU conditions for the company's bailout.