MADRID May 20 (Reuters) - Spanish department store El Corte Ingles, the country's largest privately held company, said on Monday it had started talks to restructure debt totalling 5 billion euros ($6.43 billion). El Corte Ingles, one of Spain's largest ...

The Bundesbank's lending under the system, a key indicator of underling strains in the euro system, rose to 608 billion euros from 589 billion, although this was still well below the peak of 751 billion euros in August last year before the ECB unveiled ...

Under the German-engineered strategy to escape the euro crisis, struggling southern European members must continue to cut public spending, lower wages and grind down prices until they're competitive again.

Would the new helicopter drop money be kept in periphery banks and lent out to stimulate business investment? Or does the new money flee say Portugal because Portuguese banks are not safe enough, Portuguese loans are not lucrative and safe enough, ...

A majority of entrepreneurs Zeman has met see membership in the euro area as beneficial for their businesses and the country that joined the European Union in 2004 should be technically ready to adopt the common currency in five years, he said at a ...

NEW YORK May 20 (Reuters) - The euro extended its gains versus the dollar to hit a session high in early afternoon trade on Monday, helped by broad-based weakness in the U.S.

"The U.S. economy is outgrowing the euro zone and on the back of this you have different prospects for central bank policies and that's widening the spread," Commerzbank rate strategist Michael Leister said.

The euro retains broad public support. Spain's jobless rate may be 27%, youngsters may be flooding away from Portugal and Ireland, and Greeks may be struggling to buy food but, as The Wall Street Journal reports, more than 60% of Spaniards, Greeks, ...

The dollar traded near the strongest in more than six weeks against the euro amid bets the Federal Reserve will slow asset purchases on signs the world's biggest economy is accelerating.

HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Europe's largest bank, forecast that the euro region will prove to be a drag on revenue growth without threatening an explosion in bad debts.