bank stress test

• Eurozone Contagion Deepens after German Auction

  By Mark O'Byrne  |  November 23, 2011

  Gold is lower in all major currencies today except euros with euro gold having risen 0.25%. The euro came under pressure due to the surprise collapse in euro-zone industrial orders which led to Germany failing to get bids for 35% of bunds offered.

• Apocalypse Now. Right Now. Film at Eleven.

  By Jon Nadler  |  July 26, 2010

  The new week began amid apprehensions that global economic growth - while not quite fit for being labeled as heading for a double-dip - is slowing in concert, from the US, to Europe, as well as to China.