Eurozone: Recession over, but recovery's roots still shallow

LONDON: The cheery freeze frame of the euro zone economy last quarter is no guarantee of a happy ending to what has been a horror movie for most of the single currency bloc since the onset of the great financial crisis.

Euro zone in reverse, China speeds up

LONDON: The euro zone's economic downturn deepened this month, even before Cyprus' bailout troubles, but China's factories took a completely different path and moved up a gear, business surveys showed on Thursday.

Euro zone faces deepest downturn since early 2009, show PMIs

LONDON: The euro zone economy is on course for its weakest quarter since the dark days of early 2009, according to business surveys that showed companies toiling against shrinking order books in November.