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BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Ewing & Rossant	Fiddling While Budgets Bulge Europe's leaders are using accounting tricks to fix deficits. That won't cut it.
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BusinessWeek January 26, 2004	Another Battle Over European Union Rules The European Commission put its credibility on the line on Jan. 13 when it asked the European Court of Justice to review the controversial November decision by European Union Finance Ministers not to punish France and Germany for breaking the EU's financial regulations.
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BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	Italy: What's Keeping The Brakes On Growth The latest news shows that business confidence in March fell to its lowest reading since July, 2003, with drops reported in orders and production. The economy's woes are giving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi political problems.
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BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 James Mehring	Germany: Consumer Jitters Are Stalling The Recovery Germany's economic recovery has hit a snag. Businesses are losing confidence because domestic demand hasn't picked up. But German consumers are hesitant to spend, largely because the labor market remains soft.
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 James Mehring	Italy: Another Big Hole In The Budget Italy's government is fighting an uphill battle to control its budget deficits.
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BusinessWeek February 17, 2010 Peter Coy	Germany's Merkel: She's Got the Whole Euro in Her Hands Angela Merkel, the EU's most powerful leader, has to save Europe from itself.
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BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Germany: Half-Hearted, but a Rebound Nonetheless Germany's recovery from recession will be slow and uneven, casting doubts on structural reforms and solutions to the rising budget deficit.
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Brown & Dobson	A Mighty Euro Made in Germany The euro climbs against the dollar as the strength in German exports trumps debt worries about Ireland and Greece.
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Peter Coy	Commentary: Come Together The euro zone's crisis can only be solved by unity, says ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet. So why is everyone talking about blowing it up?
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	France: Stumbling Over The High Euro And Oil After putting in a solid showing at the end of 2004, France's economy may be shifting into a lower gear.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Stewart Fleming	He'll Need The Luck Of The Irish As Charles McCreevy heads for Brussels, the economic infighting is deafening.
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BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 James Mehring	Italy: Will Berlusconi's Tax Cuts Make A Mark? After much government infighting, italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi finally got an $8.7 billion tax-cut package passed. But while most of the cuts will go to consumers, the money could be used more wisely.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Tom Keene	Tom Keene Talks with Niall Ferguson The Harvard history professor holds forth on European stress tests, Germany and the financial crisis, and British austerity.
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BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Fairlamb	Banks Put The Squeeze On Euro-Zone Growth Cautious lenders are keeping interest rates up -- and making loans harder to get. That could stall an already slow recovery
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 Milton Ezrati	No Easy Answer to Euro The only solution, apart from dissolution of the euro, may be a long, painful adjustment in the economic fundamentals of Europe's periphery.
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Knowledge@Wharton	Ever More Divided, the European Union Tackles Expansion The European Union faces 2004 with a full agenda. It must finish the constitutional process and confront the changes that will be caused by its expansion from the current 15 countries to 25 countries in May. All of this will take place in an environment of growing tension among EU members.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Fairlamb	Europe's Shoppers Take A Holiday Weak retail sales threaten the Continent's fragile recovery.
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BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Stanley Reed	A Blow to the Euro? Sweden's "no" vote may alter the path of EU integration.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2010 Jared Cummans	Friday's ETF to Watch: German ETF (EWG) Carrying the torch for many European nations, Germany has been able to post strong GDP gains in the most recent quarter, making it an international bright spot. Can it bring back the eurozone?
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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 John Rossant	How Europe Could Grow Again The European experiment was supposed to deliver prosperity. It hasn't. But with less reform than you might think, a healthy new economy could emerge.
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The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 John Maxfield	Germany and the European Debt Crisis Because exports make up almost 50% of Germany's economy, proportionately more than any of its continental peers, the euro's decline has fueled the German economy more than any other.
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BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Spain: This Bull Is Outrunning The Euro Zone Since 1996, under the conservative People's Party and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's economy has blossomed, growing at an annual rate of 3.4%, well above the euro zone's 2%.
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BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Jack Ewing	Why Europe Inc. Is Jumping Ship Its booming multinationals see more profits in newer, less sclerotic economies than the Europe bogged down in an endless struggle to reform and grow. How much further this split develops cold have huge consequences for the region.
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On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Milton Ezrati	Europe's Debt Crisis Continues, Despite Ireland's Resolved Debt No one will find a way to rest easy about european finances for a long time to come.