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Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... reports swirled on cyberspace that the Europeans have agreed to agree. Yes Virginia, they did it. In the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "We Europeans showed tonight that we reached the right conclusions." There's too much info on the www on ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... 20 moneymen in the world that the European saga will be over by 23 October. No one said it better back then than UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne when he announced that the weekend (of 22-23 October)"is the moment people are expecting something ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Olli Rehn told us that they are close to an agreement and all will be revealed by 23 October. "Dream on" was German Chancellor Merkel and finance minister Schaeuble's reply the very next day. The there were reports of a Merkel-Sarkozy handshake over ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... road to this coming weekend (23 October) at the European Union summit in Brussels. The weekend that, according to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, "is the moment people are expecting something quite impressive" because the European contingent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... trouble with Slovakia being the last one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to come up with "a lasting, global and quick response to the crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... dollar fell to 76.66 yen from 76.87 yen on Friday. In a meeting on Sunday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a united front and vowed a response to Europe's debt and banking crisis within weeks. The deadline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... losses on hopes European countries will support their banks to prevent the eurozone debt crisis from spreading. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Local - "The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned Tuesday that Germany's top rating could be downgraded if Chancellor Angela Merkel's government decides to pour more money into the European bailout fund." And last night, MarketWatch reported ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... creditors to take a bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. In an interview with Greece's state television, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to confirm this, saying the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in July will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hour-long television interview, which renewed talks of a possible Greek bailout, the major indices drifted ...