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Euro-zone officials are working to magnify the firepower of the region's rescue fund, European Central Bank policymakers said on Monday, while President Barack Obama piled on pressure for Europe to staunch a sovereign debt crisis that threatens the world economy.

While Euro officials did not reveal specific details about the Eurozone rescue plan, any apparent news about the continent’s debt woes seem to heavily impact equity markets.

European stock index futures fell on Monday, following a slump in Asian shares, and the euro slid amid skepticism that Europe's latest efforts to contain its sovereign debt crisis can prevent it from wreaking more damage on the world economy.

Novartis's bone drug Zometa extended survival in older breast cancer patients but failed to improve disease-free survival among younger women patients in a large-scale clinical trial, researchers said on Sunday.

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Europe's banking regulator said there were no plans to force more than a dozen weaker mid-tier banks to raise capital more quickly, saying an original timetable remained in place.

Attacking the U.S., September 11, NATO and a number of other topics, Iran's President Ahmadinejad gave a long, controversial address to the United Nations. Full text reprinted here.

Europe's debt crisis has increased the risk exposure of banks in the region by 300 billion euros ($410 billion) and they need to recapitalize to ensure they can weather potential losses, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

The Greek cabinet was expected to outline major public sector layoffs, more spending cuts and tax increases on Wednesday to secure a bailout installment crucial to avoid running out of money next month.

Although the Rome government recently approved a 54 billion euro ($74 billion) austerity budget, S&P complained it was insufficient to meet the country’s fiscal problems.

Standard & Poor's cut Italy's credit rating on Tuesday in a surprise move that increased strains on the debt-stressed euro zone and raised pressure on policymakers to take more decisive action to resolve the crisis.

Standard & Poor's cut its unsolicited ratings on Italy by one notch on Tuesday, a surprise move that sharply increases strains on the debt-stressed euro zone and piles pressure on policymakers to take more decisive action to resolve the crisis.

Gold fell Monday in midday trading as investors decided to diversify their safe-haven opportunities by increasing their holdings of U.S. Treasuries, the dollar and the Japanese yen, said George Cocalis, senior market strategist for PFGBEST.

Gold prices held steady Monday, as concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis, its weak financial sector and divisions among leaders about how to solve the crises drove investors into safe-haven securities like the U.S. dollar.

Brown explained that the financial woes in Europe are, at their essence, a crisis in banking, not debt.

COPENHAGEN -- Helle Thorning-Schmidt has become the first female prime minister of Denmark, according results of the Danish general election on Thursday.

At a meeting with E.U. finance ministers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made the case for a leveraged E.U. buyout fund ala the U.S.'s successful 2008 TALF, to help address Europe’s banking crisis, but the structure and size of any beefed-up intervention mechanism remained undetermined as of Friday night in Europe.

Speculation is growing in markets that Greece will be unable to avoid a full-blown default, despite two international bailouts and pledges of support from the eurozone's biggest economies.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told EU finance ministers on Friday they should end loose talk about a euro zone break-up and work more closely with the European Central Bank to tackle the debt crisis.

Gold and silver prices moved higher late Thursday after posting big losses in the New York futures market.