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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... as European leaders seem unable to agree how to help Greece avoid a default or how to protect lenders with exposure to Athens. The US dollar unit edged slightly higher in early European trade. It bought $1.3438, against $1.3433 in New York late Thursday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... working on a plan to help banks. The lack of movement on a solution to the Greek problem raised the prospect that holders of Athens' debt, already expecting to take a 20 per cent "haircut" on its value, could now find it written down more than 50 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... yen on Wednesday. Also on Thursday, international auditors resumed talks in Greece to decide whether the government in Athens was doing enough to merit more financial aid amid mounting social tension over the government's austerity measures. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... fell amid doubts eurozone leaders are any closer to resolving the debt crisis before EU-IMF auditors were due to arrive in Athens. After see-sawing during the session on Wednesday, European stocks closed down with London's FTSE-100 index dropping 1.44 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... since June 2001. Paris shares were dented by banks that are seen as exposed to risky sovereign debt in Italy and Greece. Athens on Wednesday unveiled more painful cuts to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the European Union and International Monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... bargain-hunting spree helped several regional indexes post small gains. However, despite the late rise there are mounting concerns Athens is close to defaulting on its debt obligations as Greek and European leaders make very little progress on solving ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... finance minister was set to once again lay his case to eurozone and IMF officials in a late afternoon conference call that Athens would meet all conditions for urgently needed rescue funds. Earlier, the IMF set an ultimatum for Greece to implement a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... ministers decided to delay an eight-billion-euro ($A10.8 billion) bailout loan for Greece until they had firmer evidence of Athens's willingness to cut its deficit. In another sign of friction, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who was also attending ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... is no longer news. Especially now that Germany is refusing to release the a,-8 billion aid instalment to Greece unless Athens keeps its word to raise taxes and cut spending. More worrying are reports that Germany was preparing contingency plans to recapitalise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... called for drastic reforms to strengthen economic governance of the eurozone, hours after resigning abruptly on Friday. ATHENS - Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has announced new budget cuts totalling around 2 billion euros ($A2.64 billion) ...