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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Crash on rumours one day, rally on flimsy excuse the next. That's Wall Street for you these days - or more accurately, the past two days. After rallying on the Fed's announcement that it will keep the fed funds rate at between 0-0.25% till the middle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... outlook and the risk that the eurozone debt crisis could engulf other members of the 17-state currency bloc - notably France - resulted in shares see-sawing around the world throughout the day. In particular, French banking stocks were again in the spotlight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Australian shares opened lower after a negative lead from Wall Street, and on renewed concerns about eurozone debt. At 1015 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.8 points, or 1.61 per cent, at 4074.5 points, while the broader ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
"I started a joke, which started the whole world crying..." -Bee Gees Just when the Fed appeared to have quieted things down, someone screamed, 'boo'. And in the current jittery state the financial markets are in - investors will shoot first and ask ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market looks set for another day of declines, after European and US stocks dropped sharply again overnight. At 0725 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 99 points lower at 3,995. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian dollar gained slightly after it emerged that France and Germany may have reached agreement over how to resolve the Greek debt crisis, ahead of a crucial 17-country summit. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
It's got the euro in its hands. It's got the whole world in its hands. There's some semblance of relative calm on financial markets overnight. Wall Street reversed early losses and closed higher. European stocks still ended in the red but on lower negatives ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... weekend, "Operation Odyssey Dawn" added to the list of market uncertainties as the United States, the United Kingdom and France - with the blessing of the United Nations - started bombing Qaddafi's bum off his throne. And by the looks of it, they may ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar is over half a US cent higher on news that the Group of Seven major industrialised countries have agreed to support Japan's economy. The US dollar also surged against the yen on news that the G7 had agreed on joint intervention ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Christchurch continues to dig through the rubble left by the tremor that hit the region three days ago in the hope of rescuing all those still trapped underneath. While on the other part of the globe, Libyan butcher Qaddafi continues to turn his country ...