BBC News Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership' German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials say. | A Greek government spo... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) Euro Germany Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Reuters Europe stocks suffer worst week since September | * FTSEurofirst 300 ends down 1.1 pct | * Index loses 5.1 pct on the week, worst week since Sept | * Banks rally on speculation of renewed short selling ban | * Data shows low short selling interest ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Economy Market Photos Stock Wikipedia: FTSEurofirst 300 Index Top Stories Palm Beach Post Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries | BANGKOK — Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currenc... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR) Economy Markets Photos Stock Wikipedia: Toyota Xinhua Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks | MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. | The move came after a difficult day on t... (photo: AP / Paul White) Financial crisis Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Jakarta Post EU confident Europe will overcome crisis | The head of the European Union Commission told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he is "fully confident" the 17 countries using the euro and all European insti... (photo: EC / EC) BAnking Commission EU Finance Photos The Independent Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro | Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court) Economy Europe Photos UK Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Al Jazeera Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears | Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Economy Eurozone Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis The New York Times A Clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera Fest | CANNES, France (AP) — Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Canne... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Sherwood) Awards Cannes Celebrity Photos Wikipedia: Bill Murray The Independent We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy | As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us m... (photo: AP / Thierry Charlier) Financial Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: Mariano Rajoy The Independent Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica genocide case against Ratko Mladic | On the second day of the 70-year-old's genocide trial, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors will focus on the bloody climax of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, when Serb fo... (photo: AP / Amel Emric) Bosnia Crimes Genocide Photos Wikipedia: Bosnian War
