BRUSSELS - GERMANY rejected appeals on Sunday for a single multibillion euro (dollar) bailout of eastern Europe, even after Hungry begged EU leaders not to let a new 'Iron Curtain' divide the continent into rich and poor.
GENEVA- OSWALD Gruebel, the new chief executive of Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday that he supported changes to banking secrecy to counter tax evasion.
WASHINGTON - CREDIT rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Services have endorsed terms of a deal revising American International Group Inc's bailout, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
BRUSSELS - THE head of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers ruled out on Sunday a rapid relaxation of tough criteria euro candidate countries must meet to join the bloc.
