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- Under a proposal to be discussed at a European Union summit this week, the EU would gain new powers to rewrite national budgets. [Financial Times]
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stiffening her resistance to euro-area debt sharing. [Bloomberg]
- Cyprus may need a financial rescue from the EU that totals more than half its whole economy. [CNBC]
- New home sales in May hit their fastest pace in two years. [The Hill]
- Facebook has named Sheryl Sandberg to be the first female member of its board of directors. [Bloomberg]
- In the last ten years, average incomes in China have quadrupled. [CNN Money]
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new set of rules to govern large derivatives trades. [New York Times]
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