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BloombergTreasury Yield Close to Record Low on Europe Debt CrisisBusinessWeekThe rate on the same-maturity note in Australia tumbled to 3.06 percent, the least ever. Germany's 10-year yield dropped to a record 1.41 percent yesterday as investors qu…

CBC.caSpain borrowing rates rise, bank shares slideBusinessWeekSpain paid sharply higher interest rates to raise (EURO)2.5 billion ($3.18 billion) in medium-term debt auction on Thursday, reflecting concerns the country will be caught up in the fallout…

Globe and MailTreasuries Fall Before TIPS Sale, Auction AnnouncementBusinessWeekBond rates plunged this month on concern Greece will abandon the euro bloc, driving demand for the relative safety of US debt. “The market has gone a long way,” said Al…

European inflation slowed last month and exports dropped in March as the euro region’s spreading fiscal crisis undermined the economy and consumer demand. The inflation rate in the 17-nation euro area fell to 2.6 percent from 2.7 percent in …

The Federal Reserve will release minutes of its April meeting today. “Risk off has done a lot of damage to the euro,” said Gavin Stacey, chief interest-rate strategist at Barclays Capital in Sydney. “If we are to see Greece leave the euro …

Sydney Morning HeraldParkinson Says RBA 'Well Placed' to Respond to Sluggish GrowthBusinessWeekTraders are pricing in an 86 percent chance the RBA will lower the rate to 3.5 percent next month, swaps data compiled by Bloomberg show, as bets ris…

Italy pays lower rates in bond saleBusinessWeekItaly easily raised (EURO)10 million ($12.96 million) from the markets in a pair of bond sales in which it paid lower interest rates. Yields on 12-month bonds dropped to 2.34 percent from 2.84 percent a mo…

Telegraph.co.ukSpain nationalizes No. 4 bank as crisis deepensBusinessWeekOn Friday, the government is expected to announce a more wide-ranging banking system overhaul to free up frozen credit as Spain weathers a recession and 22.4 percent unemployment…

Post OnlineMunich Re Returns to Profit as Disaster Claims FallBusinessWeekThe series of tornadoes that struck Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama at the beginning of March and killed 39 people, cost Munich Re about 54 million euros. Rates rose by 5 per…

The euro also fell as French socialist Francois Hollande defeated … The Greek election result came amid unemployment of almost 22 percent and a jobless rate of almost 51 percent for those under the age of 24. Voter turnout was 65 percent …