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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... expected. In Europe, protests swelled in Greece over the government's austerity measures. On Tuesday, eurozone finance ministers failed to reach accord at talks on a second bailout package to avert a Greek debt default. The US stock markets appeared ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... said the minutes didn't seem to support the case for an imminent cash rate rise. Overnight (AEST), European finance ministers backed an EU-IMF bailout of Portugal worth 78 billion euros ($A104.45 billion). With Greece's debt woes still unresolved, Ms ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... that the arrest of IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Khan could hit efforts to tame the eurozone debt crisis, as EU finance ministers met to discuss rescues for Portugal and Greece. While Europe's main indices initially dropped sharply on the news, as the day ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... the equities markets amid speculation that Athens will need an additional bailout. Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. Most sectors on the ASX were in negative territory in early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... the equities markets amid speculation that Athens will need an additional bailout. Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. The Labor Department reported its consumer price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... added a mere 0.03 per cent. In the red were the Swiss market and Amsterdam, both down 0.12 per cent. European finance ministers meeting in Hungary agreed that indebted Portugal should be given a bailout of some 80 billion euros ($A109.56 billion), which ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... assistance to Ireland is warranted to safeguard financial stability in the EU and in the euro area," Euro-area finance ministers said in a statement. "A comprehensive range of measures - including deleveraging and restructuring of the banking sector ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... approved bailout funds for Greece. Germany's government also approved bailout assistance while European Union finance ministers agreed on a euro750 billion ($A1.08 trillion) EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone countries. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... as confidence grew after the briefly rose above 11,000 for the first time in 18 months. News that euro zone finance ministers approved a giant 30 billion euro ($40 billion) emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday was another supportive ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... thrills and spills of the Greek tragedy unfold before their very eyes. Reports last night tell a story of European finance ministers giving a one-month lifeline - 16 March 2010 - to prepare more budget measures if it fails to make sufficient progress ...