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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... improvement after jobs growth had plummeted the previous two months. But Ukranian tensions continued with a threat from Russian gas company Gazprom to halt deliveries to Ukraine. No major local economic or equities news is expected on Monday. In Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... the Bank of England voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.50 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as Western and Russian leaders tried to broker a deal to end the Ukraine crisis, and Wall Street providing a tepid lead following an anaemic batch ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
My, my... Crimea has just put a new twist in the turn of the Russia/Ukraine saga. Crimea's Parliament voted - unanimously if I may add - to secede from Ukraine and re-join Russia (which it was part of it till 1954). The Crimeans will get their say in ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
The Australian market has rallied strongly after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced he had no plans to invade Ukraine. BBY client adviser Henry Jennings said Wall Street and European markets had rallied strongly after Mr Putin played down the ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Rod Stewart President Putin fought the G7... and the G7 won. At least that's how it appears after Vladimir ordered his Russian troops back to their barracks, clarified that Russia has intention to annex Crimea and explained that the "use of the military" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets amid easing after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would send troops into Ukraine only as "a last resort". At 0826 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market has opened flat after already adjusting to the news of unrest in Ukraine. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market was the first to move on Monday to news that Ukraine was on the brink of war with Russia ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Go ahead punks, make my day! Did Russian President Vladimir Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... markets noting they are reported as saying they don't intend to issue US bond ratings but to instead focus on Chinese, Russian and Japanese issuance. Meanwhile ARC's founding ratings agencies will continue to work under their own brands in their home ...