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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a tool created last year after debt-riddled Greece took a bailout from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU executive was seeking "co-ordinated action" in all 27 European Union nations to recapitalise banks. The debt crisis is now seen as threatening the banks exposed to distressed sovereign debt ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... on." "Shared view" my butt. Is CNBC making up stories then when it reported that, "Finance ministers from the 27 European Union countries spent several hours discussing what to do about their banks at a get-together in Luxembourg Tuesday without reaching ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... spreading. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan to tame a crisis which claimed its first victim, Dexia bank, this week. The news cheered markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... said from 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... series of poor US economic data. Germany's parliament on Thursday will weigh the July 21 rescue package agreed by European Union leaders which includes a new Greek bailout and an expansion of the eurozone rescue fund. All 30 Dow blue chips fell, with ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... and governance" and provide a second Greek bailout. And? And what? That is all. Promises. Promises. At least, the European Union, according to talks on gossips on rumours out of Europe, has a more concrete plan of attack. It is three-pronged. (1) recapitalisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... implement a July accord on boosting its bailout fund for debt-plagued member nations. Greece faces a tough week as European Union (EU) and IMF experts resume an audit of progress on cutting the public deficit and reforming the economy. The EU and IMF ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... in Italy and Greece. Athens on Wednesday unveiled more painful cuts to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the European Union and International Monetary Fund. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets slumped as the US Federal Reserve's latest multi-billion-dollar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... downgrade of Italy's credit rating late Monday. Attention was focused on Greece's bailout talks with its lenders, the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, for a new installment on its rescue package. The market also ...