LONDON (Reuters) - The yen lifted off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough, prompting some investors to pare bets against it. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. Full story
VIENNA (Reuters) - Alpine, the Austrian unit of Spanish construction group FCC <FCC.MC>, will hold talks with its owners on how to meet its financing needs and has many options open, Chief Executive Arnold Schiefer said. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rallied across the board on Friday, topping the 103-yen level as it hit a 4-1/2-year high against the Japanese currency, after data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted investors to add to bullish bets. Full story
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta promised a wide reform of property tax on Friday, addressing one of the main issues dividing his coalition government, but gave no details on where he would find the billions of euros to pay for it. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European officials gave a lukewarm response to French President Francois Hollande's sweeping proposals for deeper euro zone integration on Friday, noting that many of his ideas were already in circulation. 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
