LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped and benchmark Bund futures rose on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day signal no tapering off of the bank's ultra-easy monetary policy. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Full story
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easing program to counter slowing inflation and recession in the euro zone. Full story
Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman. Full story
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A draft law that a group of European Union lawmakers voted for on Monday would shield small depositors from losing their savings in future bank rescues, but customers with more than 100,000 euros in savings when a bank failed could suffer losses. Full story
PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro should shut down the loss-making aluminum plant that is the country's biggest single industrial employer to stem a sharp rise in its public debt, the International Monetary Fund said. Full story
The financial situation in the tiny island nation is high on the agenda of the euro zone's finance ministers, reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
CNBC's Ross Westgate reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as stocks slip lower ahead of the euro zone meeting.
Buying pressure in the yen lead to a brief dip in the dollar compared to that currency, with David Woo, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, and Gary Kozlowski, United Futures Trading. "The only thing that can save the euro is a weaker euro," adds Woo.
CNBC's Brian Shactman joins Morning Joe to discuss U.S. GDP growth, a rise in weekly jobless claims and the reopening of Cyprus Banks.
CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports Cyprus is desperately searching for a Plan B, as the struggling country must find billions of euros to secure a European Union bailout. Adam Lerrick, American Enterprise Institute, weighs in.
One Euro cent coins are seen after being minted in the Austrian Mint headquarters in Vienna April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
A view of the headquarters of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in Essen in this December 11, 2012 file photograph. ThyssenKrupp posted a net loss of 656 million euros ($851 million) for the fiscal second quarter through the end of March as it cut the book value of Steel Americas to
Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos listens to Ireland's Finance Minister Michael Noonan during an euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 13, 2013. The euro zone can make progress on creating a banking union before having to take a decision on whether a change to the European Unio
(L-R) Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and Ireland's Finance Minister Michael Noonan attend an euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 13, 2013. The euro zone can make progre
