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A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... the demand for imports in the GIIPS and fosters their exports. This effect will be all the greater the more the intra-eurozone migration triggers economic growth and thus additional import demand in the core countries." This is an offer the rich/richer ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... cent) to 5,013.12. European equities jumped as investors reacted positively to news of Greece's bid for a new bailout. Eurozone policy makers said they would not negotiate until Sunday's referendum in Greece on creditors' reforms. LONDON - European stock ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... from the recent sell-offs. The Greek debt crisis is not yet resolved but hope remains of a resolution with talks with Eurozone finance ministers ongoing. "The broad macro theme for the market is still Greece but we may have reached a settling point where ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... blinked. Greece is in "arrears" not "default". It will consider in "due course" Greece's plea for a repayment extension. Eurozone finance ministers blinked. "The Eurogroup - the finance ministers of the eurozone - rejected the plea, but agreed they would ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... after Greek officials made a last-minute effort to extend its bailout hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default. Eurozone finance ministers declined that request, but will continue talks on Wednesday after Athens asked for a new aid plan, officials ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... markets overnight, particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed and the odds of a eurozone exit increase. The big Australian banks were weaker, with the financial sector in the firing line in the event of a Greek ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... slides on the Australian sharemarket as Greece heads towards a default on its debt that could lead to its exit from the eurozone. The futures market suggests the S&P ASX/200 will open around 0.6 per cent lower on Tuesday, which would see the index drop ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... means Greece would be broke, or more broke, or broken. But Greece had been broke from the day it was accepted into the Eurozone. Greece joined the single currency area on 1 January 2001 - the 12th EU country to do so. During one of several high jinxed ...

Market set to open higher

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... lead the Dow as earnings for the quarter ending May 31 rose 21.6 per cent to $US865 million ($A1.12 billion). LONDON - Eurozone stocks posted moderate gains after creditors offered Greece an extension to its bailout with an additional 12 billion euros ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... 1.66%). Never mind game theory and what have yous, the performance of the financial markets alone, especially that in the Eurozone, over the past few weeks provides both parties at the opposite sides of the negotiating table with the reason and the motivation ...