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Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... overnight, statements by French authorities and the ECB before "the fact" suggests it could (will?) happen. For French President Sarkozy not being triple-A would be "an added difficulty, but not insurmountable." His foreign minister, Alain Juppe, thinks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... eurozone. Shares slumped 1.5 per cent at the open, wiping out December's gains to date, after the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi dampened speculation the ECB would boost its bond purchase program to help distressed European countries. "The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... cent, to 1,234.35, and the Nasdaq lost 52.83 points, or 1.99 per cent, to 2,596.38. "Comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi cooled hopes that the central bank will step up its bond-buying efforts," Charles Schwab analysts said in ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... announced another 25 bps reduction in interest rates to 1.0% as well as new measures to help Europe's banks "only", ECB President Draghi gave European pollies the one-finger salute. To support banks' liquidity, the ECB announced four measures: "First ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's governing rules to tighten economic cooperation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... who had forecast it would hold at nine per cent. On Monday eyes moved to Europe, where a mini-summit involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to come up with a plan to save the eurozone. Their proposals will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Angela Merkel said in a major speech on Friday that the eurozone was already taking steps to create a fiscal union. President Nicolas Sarkozy declared on Thursday that France and Germany would push to give the European Union a new treaty to restore tough ...

Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Could it be? Not long after US President Obama has departed this land that's girt by sea, Americans are now picking on Australians for their woes. Blaming it on our "recessionary mindset" and our "despondent consumer confidence". According to theage.com.au ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... failed German bond auction on Wednesday shook confidence in the safe haven status of Europe's biggest economy. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her refusal to allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to become ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed night on Wall Street and falls on major European bourses as the region's leaders met to try to resolve the relentless debt crisis now threatening big nations such as France. At 0800 AEDT on ...