LJUBLJANA, May 24 (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament voted on Friday to change the constitution to ensure governments run balanced budgets from 2015, part of economic reform efforts to ensure the euro zone state will not need a bailout.

LJUBLJANA, May 24 (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament voted on Friday to change the constitution to ensure governments run balanced budgets from 2015, part of economic reform efforts to ensure the euro...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar pared losses against the yen and the euro fell against the dollar on Friday after the release of better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April, which...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar pared losses against the yen and the euro fell against the dollar on Friday after the release of better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April, which eased investor concerns about the U.S. economic rec

* German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy will recover from a bout of winter weakness but fall well short of the dynamic growth rates of previous years as euro zone recession and global slowdown stunt exports and investment.

Germany's economy will recover from a bout of winter weakness but fall well short of the dynamic growth rates of previous years as euro zone recession and global slowdown stunt exports and investment.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - German Bund futures reversed losses on Friday as weak equity markets prompted investors to buy German debt and take profit on riskier, lower-rated paper.

* Contrasting euro zone/U.S. outlooks to keep Bunds volatile

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The euro improved modestly on Friday morning following better than expected data that showed the eurozone's service sector and factory output improved in May. However, gains were narrow as both figures, although improved from last month's readings, s

* German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts

LONDON, May - The euro rose while German Bund futures cut gains on Friday after a bigger-than-expected rise in a German business climate survey suggested the outlook for Europe's largest economy may...

LONDON, May - The euro rose while German Bund futures cut gains on Friday after a bigger-than-expected rise in a German business climate survey suggested the outlook for Europe's largest economy may...

* Contrasting euro zone/U.S. outlooks to keep Bunds volatile

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Bund futures rose slightly on Friday before the release of Germany's Ifo business climate index, which is likely to shed more light about how much the euro zone economy...

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LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - The euro zone is more stable than a year ago but economic conditions remain challenging and governments must push on with reforms and banking union plans, European Central...

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - The French government has decided to drop a plan to impose a ceiling on executive pay in the private sector, though it will go ahead with a two-year super-tax on firms paying million-euro salaries, Finance Minister Pierre Mo

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - The French government has decided to drop a plan to impose a ceiling on executive pay in the private sector, though it will go ahead with a two-year super-tax on firms paying million-euro salaries, Finance Minister Pierre Mo

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools.

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for...

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - The dollar was on track for its biggest daily drop in more than five weeks against the yen on Thursday after a sharp slide in Japanese stocks and weak Chinese factory...

Turkey and the European Union have pledged to press ahead with Ankara's stalled bid to join the 27-nation bloc, seeking to rekindle cooled relations and meet common challenges ranging from the Syrian civil war to economic woes in the euro zone.

Europe overturned the convention of history when, unlike the U.S. or Germany before it, it created monetary union before political union. Now it is paying the price.

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Switzerland's franc, which is down against the dollar and euro this year, should continue to fall as receding risks in the euro zone and a strengthening economy in the...

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

* Japan, Europe tumble after weak data from China, euro zone

LONDON, May 23 (IFR) - Egypt aims to issue a sukuk to international and domestic markets at the beginning of 2014, the country said in its new USD12bn euro medium term note programme.

* Bunds outperform U.S. Treasuries, widening yield spread

PARIS -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro...

* Worries that Fed may taper QE, weak China PMI hit stocks

* Weak Chinese factory, euro zone sentiment data hit global stock markets

* Weak Chinese factory, euro zone sentiment data hit global stock markets

* Weak Chinese factory, euro zone sentiment data hit global stock markets

EUROPEANS like to blame America for their crisis. But look at the numbers, and it is plain the euro zone has mishandled its response. Take growth: output in America has surpassed its pre-crisis peak and is growing; the euro zone has yet to make up th

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A day after Sergio Garcia's fried chicken joke blew up, the head of the European Tour used the word "colored" on live TV in the UK. According to multiple reporters who are in England covering the BMW Championship, Euro Tour CEO George O'Grady said on

LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - About half of the European Union's trillion euro money market funds would have to set aside a chunk of cash under a proposed EU reform to make a run on a fund in rocky...

LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - About half of the EuropeanUnion's trillion euro money market funds would have to set asidea chunk of cash under a proposed EU reform to make a run on afund in rocky...