Euro zone businesses off to bumper start in second quarter: PMI

(Reuters) - Euro zone businesses had a solid start to the second quarter of the year with activity picking up at its fastest pace in almost three years, surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting a broad-based recovery is taking hold in the bloc.

Euro zone corporate loan gain offers euro zone hope

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending to euro zone businesses rose on the month in February for the first time since July, showing patchy and fragile gains that offer a glimmer of hope for the euro zone's crisis-hit economy.

Euro zone economy sinks, U.S. service growth slows

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Euro zone businesses floundered in March and growth cooled in the service sectors of the United States and India, taking some steam out of the global economy.