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Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Irish government has finally caved into the pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... there's a problem is the first step to a cure. In an interview with RTE - Ireland's state television, Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said that, "I will be proposing to my colleagues that they should formally apply for a program. The banks were ...

AGEST appoints new CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... AGEST until May. She recently stood for the inner Melbourne federal seat of Melbourne, previously held by former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, where she was beaten by the Greens Adam Brandt. Bowtell has been an active member of investment and audit ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... and other derivatives operations to stem the inflow of foreign portfolio investment. Then there's Germany whose Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called the Fed move "clueless". "I have great doubts about whether it makes sense to pump unlimited amounts ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... today that measures to mitigate capital flows could be "useful." Hours later, the rand dropped as South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said his government will use part of higher-than-expected tax revenue to build foreign reserves as it attempts ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... US will not allow the dollar to weaken and that the impact of the Fed's expected QE2 is overestimated. Brazil Finance Minister Guido Montega revealed to reporters his bedroom talk with US Treasury Timothy Geithner. "He said he doesn't intend to allow ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... since early December 2009 last week. Not if I can help it. Export to me? I export to you. Yohikido Noda, Japan's finance minister reiterated his government's commitment to take "decisive" steps if needed to stem the yen's appreciation. Britain's Centre ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... The Nikkei saw a moderate rise early in the afternoon after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan elected former finance minister Naoto Kan as its new leader. Profit-taking quickly emerged to push the index back into negative territory. Kan, who was later ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was almost two per cent stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Australian has received generally positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street up marginally, precious metals higher, and European markets flat to higher. Oil and base metal copper were lower, however. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...