European leaders have started a two-day summit in Brussels in the latest effort to resolve the continent’s debt crisis and save the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by Europe’s burgeoning debt crisis. But before the meeting opened Thursday night, there remained […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
European leaders are gathering in Brussels Thursday for a two-day summit that could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But before the meeting opened, there remained a divergence of opinion on […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
European leaders are gathering in Brussels Thursday for a two-day summit that could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But before the meeting opened, there remained a divergence of opinion on […]
US Job Market Improves
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
The number of people signing up for unemployment compensation dropped to the lowest level in nine months last week, which may be evidence that the troubled U.S. job market is getting better. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department says first-time jobless claims fell by 23,000 to a nationwide total of 381,000. The U.S. jobless rate […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
European leaders are gathering in Brussels Thursday for a two-day summit that could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But before the meeting opened, there remained a divergence of opinion on […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
European leaders are preparing to meet in Brussels Thursday for the start of a summit that could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But as the opening of the meeting draws […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
European leaders are preparing to meet in Brussels Thursday for the start of a summit the could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But as the opening of the meeting draws […]
Obama Calls Merkel on EU Economy
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by telephone Wednesday on ways to resolve Europe’s debt crisis which is affecting the global economy. The White House said President Obama and the German chancellor agreed on the need to find a lasting and credible solution for the eurozone crisis. The U.S. president has […]
Obama Calls Merkel On EU Economy
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 7:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by telephone Wednesday on ways to resolve Europe’s debt crisis which is affecting the global economy. The White House said President Obama and the German chancellor agreed on the need to find a lasting and credible solution for the eurozone crisis. The U.S. president has […]
German, French Leaders Call for Quick Action on Debt Crisis
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Germany and France are pressing their case that European leaders need to act quickly to resolve the continent’s debt crisis and save the common euro currency. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy detailed their plan Wednesday to end the two-year debt contagion in a letter to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, […]
