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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Dax in Frankfurt topping the 7500 mark for the first time since early 2008, though London's FTSE index was closed for Britain's royal wedding holiday. The Dax finished the day at 7514.46 points, a gain of 0.52 per cent over Thursday's close. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... were somewhat subdued ahead of first-quarter economic growth figures in the United States and a royal wedding holiday in Britain. US growth figures showed a sharp deceleration in the first quarter to a 1.8 per cent pace as governments slashed spending. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... while London markets will be shut on Friday for the royal wedding and next Monday for an additional public holiday in Britain. On Tuesday in Italy, French dairy giant Lactalis launched a takeover bid worth 3.4 billion euros ($A4.63 billion) for Italy's ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... table in the "The Economist" shows that the US budget deficit is forecast to come in at 9.9 per cent of GDP this year and Britain at 9.0 per cent. Certainly, America's deficit passed 6, 7, 8 per cent before getting to the 9. This is weird considering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... after the clothing-to-food retailer said group sales rose 2.3 per cent in its fourth quarter. It was positive news for Britain's retail sector as data showed industrial production slumped 1.2 per cent in February, the biggest amount for 18 months, denting ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... tensions in the Middle East and the contractionary forces brought about by the UK government's fiscal austerity, the risk to Britain's economy is to the downside. Latest UK budget data show that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is losing its battle against ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Libya. Currency traders were soon heartened after a joint statement from G-7 officials saying that the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Central Bank would join with Japan in a concerted intervention in currency markets on Friday. The Australian ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... progress towards budget tightening in the United States, Japan, Brazil and Europe. While it lauded moves by Germany, France, Britain and Spain towards deficit reduction, it also warned that, "In the euro area, a more comprehensive approach to crisis ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011