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Asia stocks rally on Europe central bank debt plan
Asian stock markets surged Friday, boosted by a highly anticipated European plan to lower the borrowing costs of debt laden Spain and Italy.
ECB unveils aggressive bond plan to save euro
The European Central Bank unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to ease Europe's financial crisis with a plan to buy unlimited amounts of government ...
Spanish, German leaders search for common ground
For months, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been at odds over how eurozone countries could defeat the ...
Contador leads Vuelta; Bennati wins 18th stage
Overall leader Alberto Contador moved closer to winning the race for a second time, while Daniele Bennati won the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on ...
Key ECB steps to combat Europe's debt crisis
Here are some of the key steps the European Central Bank has taken to ease Europe's financial crisis and provide a spark to the weak economy.
Spain's Repsol finds gas in Peru's Amazon region
Spanish energy company Repsol said Thursday that it has made a significant natural gas find in the Amazon region of the South American country of Peru
Bullfights back on Spanish public TV after ban
Bullfights returned live to Spanish state TV with a glittering and music-filled display on Wednesday evening, six years after the fights were banned ...
Lawyer to ask if US probing WikiLeaks founder
The lawyer who is coordinating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal defense against extradition to Sweden said Wednesday that he will ask U.S.
All eyes on Draghi's bond rescue plan for Europe
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gets another chance Thursday to spell out how the bank intends to rescue the 17 countries that use the ...
Contador takes lead after 17th stage of Vuelta
Alberto Contador made an audacious break to win the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday and take the overall lead from Joaquin Rodriguez.
ECB chief is wielding even more sway than Bernanke
Move over, Ben Bernanke. This is Mario Draghi's moment. The European Central Bank president is overtaking the Federal Reserve chairman — at least for ...
Portugal gets foreign help battling wildfires
Water-dumping aircraft from Spain and France on Tuesday joined Portugal's battle to halt the spread of wildfires through thick woodland in the ...
Spain's Santander eyes $4.3 billion in Mexico sale
Banco Santander says it hopes to raise up to €3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) from a public offering of shares in its Mexican subsidiary. The Spanish bank ...
Spain to put another $7.5 bln in bank rescue fund
The Spanish government will inject another €6 billion ($7.5 billion) into its bank rescue fund to cope with growing problems in its financial sector ...
Spain evicts illegal migrants from tiny island
Spanish authorities say police have evicted more than 80 illegal migrants that had occupied a tiny island off Africa's Mediterranean coast.
Spain sees $125 billion as enough for banks
Spain's ailing banks won't likely need to tap all the €100 billion ($125.7 billion) that's been made available by the country's euro partners, Economy ...
Rodriguez holds off Contador in Vuelta climb
Joaquin Rodriguez is in prime position to win the Spanish Vuelta after holding off Alberto Contador on Monday during the most the demanding leg of the ...
Spain fears illegal migrants may flood to islands
Authorities said 160 would-be migrants tried to break into a fenced-off Spanish enclave on the north African coast Monday, and Spain's foreign ...
70 illegal immigrants land on Spanish island
Some 70 illegal immigrants have reached a tiny, normally uninhabited Spanish island off the northern coast of Africa, while a separate group of 60 ...
Spanish PM pushes ECB bond buying program
Spain's prime minister is urging the European Central Bank to go ahead with a bond-buying program aimed at lowering the borrowing costs of debt-ridden ...
Protests decry Spain cuts to immigrant health care
Some 300 people blocked a ring road in the Spanish capital Saturday to protest spending cuts that will leave large numbers of illegal immigrants ...
Eurozone jobless rate stuck at record high in July
The unemployment rate across the 17 countries that use the euro remained at a record high of 11.3 percent in July, official figures showed Friday, ...
Merkel to visit Spain, Austria next week
The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Spain and Austria next week in the latest round of eurozone crisis diplomacy.
On day Roddick says he'll retire, V.Williams loses
At a U.S. Open that will be remembered for goodbyes by Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters, another former No. 1 and Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams, ...