The job of the Group of Seven finance ministers meeting on solutions to the financial crisis looked even more difficult on Friday as new economic data showed Europe's recession deepening.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG hired banks to arrange investor presentations in Europe next week, according to three people with knowledge of the transaction.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe climbed for the first time in four days, as profits at Pernod Ricard SA beat analysts’ estimates and the first advance in oil this week lifted energy shares.

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A questionable patent could stop the company from entering Europe wiht its stem cell technology.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s economy contracted the most in at least 13 years in the fourth quarter, compounding pressure on the European Central Bank to reduce interest rates to the lowest ever next month.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe advanced for the first time in four days, as profits at ThyssenKrupp AG and Pernod Ricard SA beat analysts’ estimates and the first advance in oil this week lifted energy shares.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe advanced for the first time in four days, as ThyssenKrupp AG posted earnings that beat analysts’ estimates and investors speculated that governments will expand efforts to revive the economy.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe and Asia advanced, sending the MSCI World Index higher for the first time in four days, on speculation governments will expand efforts to revive the economy. U.S. index futures swung between gains and losses.

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe and Asia advanced, sending the MSCI World Index higher for the first time in four days, on speculation governments will expand efforts to revive the economy. U.S. index futures climbed.