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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after Greece secured a revised bailout deal that will help it again avert a default on its huge debt load. At 0631 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street and as markets await the outcome of a eurozone ministers meeting on a Greek bailout package. At 0644 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on international bourses amid hopes US political leaders will agree on a debt reduction plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax hikes which could send America ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following the overnight lead of international bourses which have treaded water as EU ministers meet over Greek debt but are unlikely to release critically needed bailout funds. At 0652 AEDT on Tuesday, the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims. At 0636 AEDT on Friday ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on the US and European markets overnight. At 0821 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,485. In economic news on Tuesday, the National Australia ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Just when we thought we're done and over with playing the "would they, would they not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... estimates for shipments of iPhones later this year. As fear grew that Spain will need an international bailout, the finance minister said a draft budget for 2013 cuts overall spending by about 40 billion euros ($A50.04 billion). He said cuts for ministries ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... - severe austerity measures - for that solidarity. "We need Europe, but we need a strong Europe." There's her finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, warning against raising "false expectations" on the ECB's capacity to stop the debt crisis. He was talking ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... performance whereas environmental issues were of less immediate relevance in the short term." Yesterday, Catalonia's finance minister raised the prospect of a regional bailout for the major Spanish region, in an interview with BBC Radio, as fears grow ...