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AT & T said Thursday it included in its accounts an exceptional charge of four billion dollars (3.0 billion) to cover the cost of a possible failure of his proposed takeover of T-Mobile, an operation whose outcome seems increasingly compromised.
The U.S. operator and Deutsche Telekom, parent company of T-Mobile, ensured continued efforts to [...]

The Japanese bank Mizuho will remove 3,000 jobs in response to the deteriorating economic climate marked by weak demand for credit and a difficult economic environment at the international level.
Mizuho Financial Group announced the elimination of these positions, which represent about 5% of its workforce, by March 2016 in connection with the merger [...]

The German government's economic advisers believe that the European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to lose credibility by buying government bonds heavily indebted.
"The bond purchase program dismantles market discipline without establishing a discipline policy in place," write the "Wise Men" German in a report released Wednesday.
Blurring the fiscal and monetary policies, [...]

Commerzbank may need assistance from the German government to comply with new European requirements for capital if the economy continues to slow, given the poor results recorded recently by the group, said Monday the agency Fitch Ratings.
Last week, Germany's second largest bank, owned 25% by the German federal state, however, had said she [...]

BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole and BPCE on the list of large systemic banks that will be published Friday by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), said Nicolas Sarkozy, closing the G20 summit in Cannes.
The CSF must publish a list of 29 banks that need to raise capital and be subject to more [...]

The gamble of George Papandreou destabilizes markets. A "no" to the Greeks in the referendum, which will probably take place in January, could force the country to default. And, ultimately, out of the euro area. The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.
The euro area has suddenly plunged into turmoil Tuesday after the surprise announcement of [...]

Progress has been made in the ongoing discussions on the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area even though the solutions remain to be found by next Wednesday, said Saturday night French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
"There is progress," he said on his arrival in Brussels where he will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela [...]

The leader of the ultra-liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) is threatening not to support the strengthening of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). Slovakia is the latest European country to not voting the text. Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and the president of Freedom and Solidarity Movement (SaS) Richard Sulik in negotiations for el parliamentary [...]

Airbus said Thursday it had registered 1,038 net orders between January and September.
The European aircraft manufacturer, a subsidiary of Airbus, said the amount of its gross orders had reached 1,179 aircraft and reported delivered 374 aircraft in the first nine months of the year.
By comparison, Boeing had recorded at September 27, [...]

European values ​​have come down sharply Tuesday for the third straight session, closing with a lowest close in 26 months, fear of failure to Greece making only grow with each passing day.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index yielded 2.68 and the Eurostoxx 50 was unscrewed from 2.21%. In Paris the CAC 40 ended down [...]