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Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
How do you solve a problem like Athena? The bears are slowly coming back from the woodworks as the vigilantes of the bond market train their crosshairs from Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Australian shares are likely to slump on Wednesday after US and European stocks dropped as fears spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis would fail. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... positive. Employer groups are also angry that the SG increase violates a promise made by the Rudd Government in 2007. The problem, explains the ACCI, is that because so many employees are disengaged from their super, SG increases are not considered by ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Greek government has agreed to freeze wages and pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon as market-pleasing annual profit results from Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group, boosted the financial sector. By 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 28.6 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian dollar was lower at noon after a downgrade in the credit ratings of Greece and Portugal prompted investors to offload higher-yielding assets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9191/93, down 0.62 per cent from Tuesday's ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Street on display as investors knee-jerkingly reacts to what is -- in the words of Donald Rumsfeld - a "known known." The problem that just won't go away; like an irritating fly in the midst of an Australian barbie, Greece just keeps coming back to spoil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian share market is set for a significantly weaker opening after Wall Street and European markets plunged due to worsening debt problems in Greece and Portugal. At 0748 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
The Australian market has flat to negative leads from trading offshore overnight, with Wall Street marginally higher, but European and Asian markets generally lower. Precious and base metals were lower in New York, although oil was slightly higher. ...

Wingate slams Everest governance, wants board out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Wingate Group wins a small victory in its campaign to oust the Everest board due to poor governance after Everest said it will not award an options package to its chief executive Jeremy Reid. The Everest board said Reid has elected not to take up the ...