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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... a key element in resurrecting its economy - in the face of opposition from unions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Europe to urgently speed up efforts to regulate financial markets, particularly crack down ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... lawsuit could just be just the early tremors of America's version of a soon-to-explode Eyjafjallajokull. British, German and French politicians are urging their respective governments to halt business dealings with the investment bank. According to Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... cent, at 5,761.66 points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX lost 19.86 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 6,230.83 points. PARIS - The French CAC 40 dropped 18.51 points, by 0.46 per cent, to 4,031.99 points TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.8 per cent on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... by 6.67 points, at 5,777.65 points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX was flat at 6,250.69 points, up 0.99 point. PARIS - The French the CAC 40 also was virtually unchanged, down 0.04 point at 4,050.50. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.4 per cent on Monday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... 49.36 points, at 5,712,70. FRANKFURT - The German DAX dropped 50.58 points, by 0.81 per cent, to 6,171.83. PARIS - The French CAC 40 lost 48.51 points, or 1.20 per cent, to 3,978.46. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.1 per cent on Thursday, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... points, at 5,762.06 points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX lost 29.8 points, or 0.48 per cent, to finish at 6,222.41. PARIS - The French CAC 40 fell 26.97 points, or by 0.67 per cent, to 4,026.97 TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.1 per cent on Wednesday ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
National Australia Bank has reached binding terms with French company AXA and AXA Asia Pacific to buy the firms' Australian and New Zealand businesses for $4.6 billion. According to a press statement released yesterday, the deal includes a proposal ...

AXA Asia Pac shares on trading halt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... 2010, expired. ACCC has indicated it's going to release its findings on the competing proposal from NAB on 22 April. AXA's French parent first flagged the decision to offload its Australian and NZ operations in November last year, potentially to AMP. ...

AXA APH extends deal with NAB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... to NAB's proposal to buy 100 per cent of AXA APH including AXA APH's Australian and New Zealand business and offload the French company's Asian businesses to AXA SA. According to a statement from AXA, the discussions between AXA APH, NAB and AXA SA are ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... The beat goes on in Europe as well. Didn't we say, sorry I say before that Europe would not allow Greece to fail? Here's French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's statement on radio Europe 1: "I have no doubts that Greece will succeed in refinancing ...