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Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally burned the midnight oil to try and cobble together a comprehensive final solution to save Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... tackle the region's debt crisis. However, the euro bounced back from earlier lows after news emerged that Greece's finance minister came out against his prime minister's plan for the national poll, lifting hopes it might not go ahead. Hong Kong tumbled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... to 2,504.11. In Asian trade on Wednesday, Italy's benchmark 10-year bonds were yielding 6.08 per cent. Japan's finance minister said on Wednesday that the referendum move had "confused people", ahead of a Group of 20 meeting in France on Thursday where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's trading more than one per cent higher and after local shares rose on Wednesday. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...

D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
OMG! Here we go again. I hate to admit it but remember those three scenarios I listed on this space only two days ago? Well, Europe proved me wrong! For those who had a sudden attack of Mondayitis that day, here's what I wrote: "We're told that by 26 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open lower on Wednesday due to doubts European leaders will agree on a package to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis. Wall Street and European markets fell overnight due to reports key parts of the rescue ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... before the greenback regained some ground to 76.15 yen in afternoon trade on Monday. The surge prompted Japan's finance minister to call for "decisive steps" to tame the currency's rapid rise amid worries that a strong yen will hammer Japanese exports. ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... are close to an agreement and all will be revealed by 23 October. "Dream on" was German Chancellor Merkel and finance minister Schaeuble's reply the very next day. The there were reports of a Merkel-Sarkozy handshake over expanding the EFSF from a,-440 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after the European and US markets went into the red overnight. At 0655 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,233. No major economic news is expected ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... everything will be resolved and dealt with by next Monday cannot be fulfilled." Dream on. With these words, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble crushed financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time next week. And ...