A man looks at a stock exchange board display in downtown Milan November 18, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloReuters – European stocks rose and the euro stayed under pressure on Tuesday as investors weighed the debt turmoil in the euro zone against an improved U.S. economic picture that looks set to deliver upbeat corporate results.


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Traders are pictured at their desks at the Frankfurt stock exchange January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Remote/Pawel KopczynskiReuters – Concern about the appetite for euro zone sovereign debt pushed European stocks lower and hit the single currency on Thursday, with the first French bond auction of 2012 set to test how much progress policymakers have made in easing tensions.


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Markets recover on hopes for US jobs gains (AP)

By admin on January 6th, 2012

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 5, 2012.     REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP – European stocks rose on Friday as investors set aside concerns about the euro’s debt crisis to focus on the impending release of monthly U.S. jobs data, which many hope will confirm a mild recovery in the world’s largest economy.


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Reuters – European stocks ended higher in their first trading session of the year on Monday, led by defensive utilities such as E.ON (EONGn.DE) and GDF Suez , while volumes were anaemic as UK and U.S. markets remained closed for the New Year holiday.

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In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate in Zuccotti Park in New York, standing on barricades they removed from around the park. The demonstrators had been evicted from the Park in November. Dozens of protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding the park just before midnight on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)AP – Global stock markets opened a risk-filled New Year still hung over from a rough 2011, with little direction to trading and many exchanges closed.


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Foreign currency dealers from the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) are seen in front of a monitor displaying the current Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the KEB in Seoul December 23, 2011. Seoul shares rose on Friday, encouraged by signs of economic recovery in the U.S. following a string of positive data and easing global liquidity concerns. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiReuters – European stocks edged up on Tuesday, catching the tailwind of a pre-holiday U.S. rally, while the euro was hamstrung by the prospect of a large Italian debt auction later in the week.


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U.S. economy hopes lift European stocks (Reuters)

By admin on December 24th, 2011

A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters – A better outlook for the U.S. economy boosted European stocks and supported the euro on Friday, but any gains in the holiday-thinned markets are likely to prove short-lived with concerns about the euro zone debt crisis undiminished.


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European stocks up as holiday slowdown begins (AP)

By admin on December 22nd, 2011

FILE - TO GO WITH 2011 MUNDO  - In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, a man affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protests tackles a police officer during a march towards Wall Street in New York. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton, File)AP – European markets bounced back Thursday as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank’s huge loans to bolster the continent’s banks.


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