Euro Steady As Tension In Ukraine Worsens

The euro remained below $1.30 on Tuesday despite encouraging trade data out on Monday. The common currency traded at $1.2961 at 10:00 GMT with the Fed’s upcoming meeting and the crisis in Ukraine continuing to weigh.

U.K. Workers Get No Relief as Wage Squeeze to Extend Into 2015

U.K. households will have to wait until the second quarter of next year before the squeeze on their living standards starts to properly ease, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

German business lobby group calls EU sanctions a mistake

(Reuters) - The European Union's new economic sanctions against Russia are a "mistake" because they were imposed just as a week-old ceasefire was bringing calm to the embattled east of Ukraine, the leader of a German business lobby group was quoted saying on Sunday.

Euro zone ministers upset by broken French budget promises

MILAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - France faced harsh criticism on Friday for failing to meet a deadline to put its finances in order, as frustrated euro zone ministers struggled to keep alive their post-crisis strategy for the bloc's stagnating economy.

S&P raises Greece by one notch in latest ratings boost

(Reuters) - Standard & Poor's raised Greece's credit rating by one notch on Friday, the latest ratings boost for the debt-laden country, and said it expected Athens to continue reporting budget surpluses before interest payments in the next few years.