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Discussing Europe's debt crisis and whether the EFSF will fund the bailout to the tune of 2 trillion euros; and Moody's downgrades Spain, with Larry McDonald, Newedge. Also, CNBC's Jon Fortt has the latest details from Apple's conference call. more...

Slovakia's parliament may vote on the expansion of the euro zone's bailout fund as soon as mid October, but the risk of a Greek default is still possible, Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova told CNBC in an interview in Bratislava. more...

"The EFSF, according to Timothy Geithner, has got to be leveraged up to provide money. "The fact of the matter is, the EFSF looks like a CDO [collateralised debt obligation]. Now they are creating a CDO-Squared. Isn't this how we got into this problem in the first place?" Satyajit Das, author of...

A split has opened in the eurozone over the terms of Greece’s second 109 billion euro bail-out with as many as seven of the bloc’s 17 members arguing for private creditors to swallow a bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. more...

Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Tuesday he would not rule out Japan sharing some of the burden related to a bailout scheme for Greece, provided that Europe mapped out a rational plan that could ease market jitters. more...

Germany is set to vote September 29 on new European stability fund powers, and that's just one of several big risk events looming in the euro zone. Here's how to trade on them. more...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner holds talks with European finance ministers on Friday on the possibility of leveraging the euro zone's bailout fund to help resolve the debt crisis. more...

CNBC's Carolin Schober shares the update on Greece's economy. Also, discussing whether the European banks should get a U.S. type TARP bailout, with Dick Bove, Rochedale Securities vice president of equity research; CNBC's Steve Liesman and Rick Santelli. more...

Worries about the Greek bailout roughed up the euro Friday, and these strategists sees more tough sledding ahead. Here's how to trade the mayhem. more...

Cyprus may soon have to seek an international bailout, becoming the fourth state in the euro zone to request a rescue if it does not take urgent action to repair its finances, the island's largest commercial bank said on Monday. more...

European markets and currencies surge higher on a proposed draft of the Greek bailout. Insight with Peter Boockvar, Miller Tabak managing director. more...

A tax on the banking sector will not be part of the second bailout package for Greece, European Union sources said on Thursday. more...

Leaders of France and Germany reached a joint position late on Wednesday over a new bailout plan for Greece that will include participation of the banking sector. more...

Spot gold edged higher on Tuesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as the dollar weakened on hopes that Greece's parliament will pass an austerity plan to avoid a sovereign debt default later this week. more...

Analysis of the sharp rise in the euro and whether new austerity measures in Greece will stabilize the currency, with Marc Chandler, BBH currency strategist. more...

The European bail-out fund should be doubled to 1,500 billion euros ($2.15 trillion) if politicians want private sector investors to participate in a second bail-out package for Greece, a European Central Bank governing council director said. more...

CNBC's Guy Johnson reports the EU, ECB and IMF will provide funding for Greece in July, sending the euro higher against the dollar. more...

CNBC's David Faber and Gary Kaminsky examine real estate debt and banks; and a discussion on Greece's continuing debt crisis, with CNBC's Steve Liesman. more...

Ireland's government moved on Monday to quash speculation it would be forced to seek a second EU-IMF bailout and said it would make a tentative return to international debt markets in the final quarter of next year. more...