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Euro: Its strength relative to other currencies is “crazy,” says Fabrice Brégier, chief executive of Airbus’s passenger jet business. Europe cannot be “the only economic zone of the world that doesn’t consider its currency… as a key asset to promote its economy.” [Read more…]

Credit Risk In Most Countries

Worldwide Construction

Worldwide Construction

The situation of companies in the construction sector closely reflects the world, regional and national economic trends. At a time when the world economy is characterized by divergences between countries, with a recession in the euro zone, there are significant disparities between countries and subsectors. The construction sector was badly hit by the 2009 crisis, and a large number of payment incidents were still occurring in 2011. [Read more…]

Germany and France push change

Germany and France push change

Germany and France push change

The president of the European Commission appealed to EU leaders on Thursday to set aside their differences and unite to rescue the euro from a sovereign debt crisis that is menacing the world economy. [Read more…]

EU to bolster capital ratio of banks

Brussels – European leaders have reached agreement on bolstering the capital ratio of banks in the Eurozone to 9.0 percent in order to provide additional capital buffer amid the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in some of the countries, says Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. [Read more…]