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Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... below the 50 expansion/contraction line - and that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... fiscal measures (in line with earlier recommendations made by the European Commission), Spain could now go to the European Union begging for more dinero and not be seen as acquiescing to bailout conditions. "The comprehensive reform plan... is a major ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... another four to five per cent would require positive developments in terms of the euro zone announcements coming up." European Union (EU) president Herman Van Rompuy is due to meet Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday to discuss ways to lower ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... nations that depend on raw materials exports as traders seek havens from the deficit and debt turmoil roiling the European Union, U.S. and Japan. As the Standard & Poor's GSCI Total Return index of 24 commodities fell 8.45% since April, the Canadian ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... percent interest rates "through to late 2014" and "Operation Twist" carrots. The same goes for the ECB and the European Union and the BOE, et. al. But don't wipe that smile off your faces yet. For 'twas not the "as expected" Chinese growth figure that's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Cameron Peacock said local investors were consolidating the gains of the last few days as details of the weekend European Union (EU) summit were worked out and they waited for the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate decision on Tuesday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... market on Monday closed higher, following gains on US and European markets in the wake of last week's summit of European Union leaders. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 38.4 points, or 0.94 per cent, to 4,133.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... end to a rocky first half. European stock markets surged and the euro jumped against the US dollar after a key European Union (EU) summit delivered surprise emergency measures to fight the eurozone debt crisis. Australian Stock Report head of research ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... gained big time - the Dow ended 2.2% up, the S&P 500 closed 2.5% higher and the Nasdaq surged by 3.0% after the European Union (EU) announced a "breakthrough" following their 19th summit since the crisis began in early 2010. And sure enough Virginia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... meanwhile, the euro soared to $1.2675 from $1.2442 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets surged after European Union leaders struck a surprise deal to allow the bloc's bailout fund to directly support struggling banks and pledged $US150 ...