Europe

Embraer Looks Past Europe as Slump Damps Sales: Corporate Brazil

24 May 2012

Embraer SA (ERJ) , the world’s fourth- biggest planemaker, is boosting efforts to sell more jets in Asia , the Middle East and Africa as the European debt crisis saps demand in the manufacturer’s biggest market.

Europe Goes Back to Plan A: Greece Has Got to Stay

24 May 2012

The big news out of Europe yesterday was a rush to plan B: Greece's exit from the eurozone. Investors were betting on it with their money and European politicians were preparing for it with their contingency plans. But today, almost in unison, the markets and the politicians are swinging the pendulum in the other direction. 

Another reason Europe’s in crisis? A high oil bill

24 May 2012

Why did Europe go from bad to total horrific panic in the last year? There are all sorts of theories: weak growth, the impact of austerity, missteps by central bank bureaucrats. But here’s another scapegoat offered up by the International Energy Agency: Europe’s soaring oil bill. Read full article >>