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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... contract with the Maastricht Treaty requiring Eurozone members not to have a budget deficit greater than 3% of GDP? On Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) data, only 3 years after the adoption of the euro - and the Treaty - in 1999, Germany's budget deficit ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... largest economy needs to make massive savings of just over 59 billion euro by 2014 to get its budget back on track, with economist Monti admitting Italians would have to make "sacrifices".

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... points (0.81 per cent) to 2,657.16. Investors digested news that Italy continued to pay high rates to borrow a day after economist Mario Monti was name to succeed Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister. Greece's new prime minister, Lucas Papademos ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... designate leader, following the resignation of disgraced Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi last week. Monti, a respected economist who served as commissioner for EU internal markets and competition for 10 years, as well as economics professor at the renowned ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... OK but has big risks, hence qualified caution about where the world is heading," said Thirlwell. Warren Hogan, chief economist, ANZ, believed that a Chinese downturn further down the road was a "reasonable probability", but said the Australian banking ...

AllianceBernstein adds Aust manager to Asia Pacific team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... for its Asia Pacific team, adding a Melbourne-based portfolio manager just weeks after appointing a credit analyst and economist. Former head of rates strategies at ING Investment Management Australia, Bradley Gibson, will join AllianceBernstein as portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... today. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the currency was trading at 103.75 US cents, up from 103.57 on Monday. Nomura chief economist Stephen Roberts said he anticipated a stable day on the Australian dollar, on the back of positive data locally and in the US. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... share price index futures contract was down 54 points at 4,230 points, with 17,106 contracts traded. Commonwealth Bank economist Craig James said the Chinese PMI, which came out at midday at 50.1, was weaker than 51.6 which the market expected. "There ...

Yellow Brick Road launches funds management arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... development, Scott Walters, will be directors YBRFM along with Coolabah Capital chairman, Darren Harvey, and financial economist, Christopher Joye.

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day. - Johnny Nash Ok, alright, perhaps still not apropos when referring ...