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EU debt talks tipped to dominate week

Debt-crisis focus shifts to troubled Spain and France

Brian Fallow: Heading for a slowdown

Clive Crook: Big test for euroregion came too soon

Coalitions of the willing face many tough battles ahead

Liam Dann: It needn't have come to this

More red ink as fears of euro breakup grow

World shares fall as Italian yields breach 7pc

Markets fell overnight on both sides of the Atlantic as Italy's borrowing costs soared, intensifying concern that efforts to contain the European Union's debt crisis aren't working.

Banking on more world market uncertainty

Anyone hoping for a weekend fix to the global banking sector will have to wait a little longer - perhaps a lot longer.

Markets flat as all eyes on Slovakia vote

Moore's Law for Lights?

World sharemarkets up on Euro bank plan approval

Sharemarkets in Europe and the US are up after investors appeared to endorse the European plan to recapitalise threatened banks.

Stocks follow global rally in response to EU moves

World markets up after new Euro debt moves

World markets rose overnight after intervention by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank eased fears about the European debt crisis.

Euro sharemarkets up sharply as Merkel raises hope

Putin says new 'Eurasion Union' idea is no USSR