Eurozone pins hope on long-awaited economic rebound

Eurozone politicians are hoping for glimmers of a long-awaited economic rebound this week, with growth in the single currency bloc forecast to beat both the UK and US.

Global economic crisis hits China's exporters

Wedding dress maker Wang Lujia earns a living making brides happy, but the global economic crisis is casting a chill over her small business in southern China.

European Stocks Fall on Debt Crisis, China

European stocks fell as concern that France may lose its top credit rating added pressure on the region’s leaders to find a solution to the debt crisis and as China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in two years. Asian shares dropped and U.S. index futures fluctuated.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Rio Tinto Group led mining shares lower as metals dropped. BNP Paribas (BNP) SA and Societe Generale (GLE) SA sank more than 6 percent as Moody’s Investors Service said France’s Aaa rating is under pressure. Dexia SA (DEXB) tumbled 13 percent as the European Commission opened an in-depth probe into Belgium’s takeover of its local consumer-lending unit.