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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... of these are "large businesses, quite sophisticated and with revenue sizes three times the size of some of their international counterparts." He adds that all of these businesses reflect Platinum's view that the rise of the middle class is the most important ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments. The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... India, for instance, made the headlines in October 2012 when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... loan repayment due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund, both creditors said in statements. The euro stood at $US1.0855 compared with $US1.0830 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... plan of agreement, which was submitted by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the Eurogroup of 25.06.2015 and is comprised of two parts that constitute their unified proposal be accepted?" This is ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... per cent. The euro edged down against the US dollar after Athens failed to service its debt to the International Monetary Fund, and analysts warned of continued uncertainty, even after Greeks vote in a weekend referendum, which is effectively a poll ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... clock struck twelve... "Greece becomes first advanced economy in arrears to IMF" ( Reuters ) "The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday confirmed Greece had not made its 1.5 billion euro loan repayment to the Fund, making it the first advanced economy ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... firmly lower as hopes faded of a last-minute deal to stave off Greece defaulting on its payment to the International Monetary Fund. The CAC 40 in Paris fell 1.63 per cent to 4,790.20 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 1.25 per cent to 10,944.97 points. ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... cent, while London's FTSE 100 dropped two per cent. Greece is due to repay 1.6 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund by early Wednesday morning (Australian time) but looks set to miss the payment and default on the debt. Greek Prime Minister ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... withdrawals. Talks between Greece and its creditors broke down at the weekend. European Union and International Monetary Fund negotiators rebuffed Greece's request to extend a bailout offer past the June 30 deadline for a debt-servicing payment. The ...