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UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear evidence under oath with full access to documents and people, including ministers and advisers from the previous government. Barclays overnight confirmed the resignation of Agius, who issued a mea culpa ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... spotlight, with Spain asking for help for its beleaguered banks and Cyprus flagging its banks may need EU aid when finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven developed nations held an emergency conference call. The finance ministers ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... this one. Good idea if they can get Germany and the rest of the 16 other members to agree. Reports that the finance ministers of Germany and France agreed to keep Greece inside the euro also provided positive fodder. "We agreed that we have to do everything ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... 2010 -- from 7.5 billion in the previous month. There's also one in Japan. It could have another one of those prime ministers as support for the current one - PM Noda (the 6th in five years) -- declined because of his plan to double the consumption tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... slipped 3.79 (0.12 per cent) to 3,091.57. The gain followed rises on European markets, which surged after eurozone finance ministers meeting in Copenhagen agreed to boost their firewall against the debt crisis to about 800 billion euros ($A1.03 trillion). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... losses after a brief respite on US economic data, with investors nervous over the outlook ahead of another EU finance ministers meeting. A fall in US new jobless benefit claims to their lowest point in four years confirmed the improving trend while fourth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... economic data from Germany and the US with traders also buoyed by the extra breathing room granted struggling Spain by EU ministers in Brussels. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.07 per cent to 5956.43 points, in Paris the CAC 40 added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... points (0.19 per cent) to 2,983.66. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets were subdued ahead of a meeting by EU finance ministers to sign off on Greece's new bailout, while traders also digested weak data from Italy and China. In London, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... eurozone to strengthen its firewall against potential future financial crises. Dealers said the weekend meeting of finance ministers from the G20 of developed and developing countries took centre stage after they urged Europe to do more before the International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... meeting in Mexico at the weekend. Australian treasurer Wayne Swan cancelled his planned attendance at the G20 finance ministers meeting because of the Labor leadership spill. At 0800 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down ...