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| Channel Title: WSJ.com: What's News Europe
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| Several Ways to Chip Away at Greece's Debt Mountain |
| What if governments go for a more radical approach to reduce Greece's debt? This could be achieved in one of two ways: through bond buybacks for cash to take advantage of the big discounts at which Greek bonds are now trading, or through bond exchanges. |
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| Few Banks Fail EU Exams |
| The lenders had a combined shortfall of $3.54 billion in capital under a simulated worst-case economic scenario. Another 16 banks narrowly passed the tests. |
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| Europe Sets Summit on Greek Debt |
| Euro-zone leaders will convene next Thursday for an emergency summit on the Greek debt crisis. |
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| Italy Gives Approval to Deficit Plan |
| Italy's lower house of Parliament approved the Berlusconi government's ?40 billion deficit-reduction package, giving the final stamp of approval to measures aimed at dispelling recent market fears over the creditworthiness of Europe's third-largest economy. |
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| Credit Suisse Is 'Target' of Inquiry |
| U.S. prosecutors are ratcheting up the pressure on Credit Suisse Group as part of an escalating tax-evasion probe. |
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| Markets' Focus to Turn to Spain |
| Investors in sovereign-debt markets will shift their focus from Italy to Spain next week as the uncomfortably high cost of funding keeps debt sales by the euro zone's second-tier countries under scrutiny. |
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| Telefónica to Take $3.8 Billion Hit |
| Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica said its plan to make 6,500 staff redundant by 2013 will cost the company around $3.82 billion before taxes. |
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| BP Vows Better Gulf Safety |
| BP vowed to exceed the deep water drilling standards prescribed by U.S. authorities, hoping to assure regulators it is ready to return to operations in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Lufthansa Makes Biofuel-Powered Commercial Flight |
| Lufthansa became the first airline to use biofuel for a regularly scheduled commercial flight, as part of a 1,200-flight program, as it looks to cut its carbon emissions by making biofuel use routine. |
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| Deutsche Börse Wins 82% Backing for NYSE Deal |
| Deutsche Börse said 82.4% of its shares had been tendered in favor of the planned combination with NYSE Euronext, solidifying stockholder approval secured Thursday. |
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| Fiat Preps Chrysler Merger |
| Chrysler and Fiat, auto makers that bounced back from severe financial crises a few years ago, are preparing to rejoin the auto industry's top ranks through a merger that would have the heft to compete globally. |
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| News International CEO Brooks Resigns |
| Rebekah Brooks, the head of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper unit, has resigned. |
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| As Greece Burns, Eurocracy Fiddles |
| The latest divide among countries using the euro is how quickly to set a deal to try resolving Greece's debt crisis, with vulnerable economies fearing that delays risk more contagion and market turmoil. |
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| U.S. Recognizes Libyan Rebel Group |
| The U.S. will from now on treat Libya's opposition National Transitional Council as the Arab nation's "legitimate governing authority," as Italy and France pledged more money to aid the opposition. |
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| Dexia Sues Deutsche Bank Over Losses |
| DexiaSA said it is suing Deutsche Bank AG over more than $1 billion in losses from residential mortgage-backed securities the French-Belgian bank bought from its German rival. |
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| Drives That Leave the City Behind |
| One hour outside Rome, Paris, Brussels and Edinburgh, urban streets turn into rustic drives that lead to breweries, lakeside towns, grand chateaux and small villages. |
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