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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... each given their own spin according to one's own propensity. Wall Street fell big time in early trade because European ministers decided to prolong Greece's and the market's agony by delaying the decision to save or not to save Greece from ruin to mid-November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... Wellington. "In particular, that they need to undertake steps to bolster the European banking system." European Union finance ministers are examining ways of co-ordinating recapitalisations of financial institutions, the Financial Time website reported. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... The bounceback came despite a tepid view of policymakers' responses to the rekindled crisis. A pledge from G20 finance ministers to mount a powerful response to global recovery threats appeared to do little to assuage fears. The finance chiefs noted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Composite fell 9.48 points (0.36 per cent) to 2,612.83. Wall Street was firmly in sell mode after European Union finance ministers over the weekend failed to find a convincing way to tackle Greece's sovereign debt crisis. The indexes trimmed heavy earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... YORK - US stocks closed higher on Friday in their fifth straight day of gains, despite a meeting of euro zone finance ministers that scuttled hopes for strong action on Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 75.91 points (0.66 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... BRUSSELS - The European Commission has warned the eurozone's debt burden is dragging down eurozone growth as finance ministers headed for talks aimed at bridging splits over the crisis. WASHINGTON - IMF chief Christine Lagarde is pressing US and European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... 110-billion euro rescue package to avoid a default. EU Economy Commissioner Olli Rehn welcomed the move, but European finance ministers are split over how to deal with obstacles holding up a second 160-billion-euro bailout for Greece, agreed in principle ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... batten down the hatches and accept that things will worsen before they become better. We heard from the G-7 finance ministers' pow-wow in Marseilles, France last Friday - blah, blah and more blah. "We met at a time of new challenges to... growth, fiscal ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... if America does. But speaking of Greece - and Euro contagion -positive reports are coming out of there too. Finance ministers are meeting on 21 July - the second in one month - to discuss "the financial stability of the euro area as a whole and the future ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... weak domestic consumer sentiment data, before the upbeat news from China pushed the local unit higher. Eurozone finance ministers met overnight to discuss Europe's debt crisis and ongoing contagion concerns. Locally, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index ...