AFP - Business and consumer confidence in the 16-nation eurozone jumped in July to its highest level in more than two years, driven by regional powerhouse German, the European Union said Thursday.

AP - Financial police are questioning Labor Minister Eric Woerth about his connection to the heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune in a scandal that has reached the highest levels of President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

AP - Greek police used tear gas Thursday to disperse protesting fuel-truck drivers, whose strike is hurting tourism and industry, after the government issued an emergency order to force them back to work.

AFP - London's leading shares rose slightly at the start of trading on Thursday as positive corporate earnings figures countered weak US economic data.

AFP - Leading shares in London faltered on Wednesday after weak US data raised fresh doubts over the strength of the economic recovery, dealers said.

AP - An unexpected decline in U.S. durable goods orders during June weighed on stock markets Wednesday as it reinforced concerns that the recovery in the world's biggest economy is rapidly running out of steam.

Reuters - UBS flagged a return to client inflows this year as strong equities and forex trading gains helped it outdo Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) and other rivals, which were hit hard by Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

AP - The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 100 points for the third straight day Monday after traders got some unexpected good news about the economy.

AFP - Scepticism over European banking-sector stress tests, which have cleared all but seven European lenders, cast a shadow over the continent's stock markets on Monday.

Reuters - Robust U.S. company earnings and surprisingly vigorous euro zone economic data generally trumped investor skepticism about European bank stress tests on Monday to lift global stocks and bolster the euro against the dollar