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CNBC's Guy Johnson reports from Greece on the proposed merger between the country's second and third largest banks, Alpha Bank and Eurobank. more...

Greece warns it may opt out of a debt swap if too few investors rally behind it, with Telis Demos, Financial Times market reporter. more...

On July 21, EU leaders agreed to a second bailout for Greece, one that was supposed to draw a line under the euro zone debt crisis and give the new government in Athens a chance come to grips with the huge debts it inherited when it was elected. One month later, and the situation appears to be...

Progress on the Greek government's structural reform program has been "impressive" and could succeed in reducing the country's debt to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio to sustainable levels, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday. more...

Procedures for a voluntary swap of privately-held Greek government bonds for longer maturity paper will start in August, Greece's deputy finance minister said on Tuesday. more...

Prices for Greek, Irish and Portuguese bonds jumped and the cost of insuring their debt tumbled on Friday as euro zone leaders agreed on a second rescue package for Greece. more...

Banks across Europe are braced to take as much as 17 billion euro ($24.5 billion) of writedowns on their holdings of Greek sovereign debt within a matter of days. more...

A tax on the banking sector will not be part of the second bailout package for Greece, European Union sources said on Thursday. more...

Leaders of France and Germany reached a joint position late on Wednesday over a new bailout plan for Greece that will include participation of the banking sector. more...

German insurer Allianz, owner of the world's largest bond investor Pimco, favors private investors writing off 25-30 percent of Greece's debt, company managers were on Monday quoted as saying. more...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Sunday for private investors to make a major contribution to bailing out Greece, as pressure rose for radical action to cut the country's debt burden. more...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Monday for a quick agreement on a new rescue package for Greece, and said she is confident that Italy will push through an austerity plan. more...

The European Central Bank will continue to accept Greek debt as collateral for loans unless all the major credit rating agencies it uses declare it to be in default, said a senior finance official to the Financial Times. more...

The euro had a big runup after the Greek crisis was temporarily resolved, but traders are flummoxed about next moves. more...

Strong medicine for Greece will jumpstart aid plans and currency investors' fears will ease, one strategist says. more...

Germany's financial institutions will contribute 3.2 billion euros ($4.6 billion) to a rescue for Greece, the details of which still have to be finalised, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday. more...

Gold gained for a third straight session on Thursday, as an initial favorable vote on austerity measures by Greece's parliament weighed on the dollar, but low speculative interest and physical demand may cap gold's upside in the short term. more...

The euro rose to fresh two-week highs on the dollar in Asia on Thursday, swept higher by a wave of stop-loss buying and extending a rally after Greece moved a step closer to securing international aid. more...

The CNBC news team, along with Russ Koesterich, BlackRock iShares Global and Alan Valdes, DME Securities, discusses what the Greek austerity vote and U.S. debt ceiling negotiations mean for your stocks and investments. more...

CNBC's Carolin Schober has the details on Greek lawmakers approving a key austerity bill. more...