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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... The Australian market has rallied strongly after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced he had no plans to invade Ukraine. BBY client adviser Henry Jennings said Wall Street and European markets had rallied strongly after Mr Putin played down the ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... clarified that Russia has intention to annex Crimea and explained that the "use of the military" to defend ethnic Russians in Ukraine is "an extreme case". Just forget what he said only the day before that Russia's military presence in Crimea was because ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... following gains on international markets amid easing after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would send troops into Ukraine only as "a last resort". At 0826 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,448. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market has opened flat after already adjusting to the news of unrest in Ukraine. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market was the first to move on Monday to news that Ukraine was on the brink of war with Russia ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Vladimir Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault, For this comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is lower as the crisis in Ukraine worsens, causing investors to practice extreme caution. Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia, which is threatening to invade Ukraine in the wake of the ouster of Kremlin-backed president Viktor ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened weaker as a geopolitical crisis in the Ukraine escalates. The Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia threatening to invade in a crisis that began three months ago with civilian protests against the government ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... "stabilisation force" to Crimea only hours after Obama warned that there would be "consequences" for Russia's incursion into Ukraine. The former KGB operative also thumbed his nose at NATO's Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen's call for Russia ...

Franklin Templeton bond upgraded despite negative quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... heavily invested in European and African debt, at 37.44%. Hungary topped the list of European countries, followed by the Ukraine and Poland. However, South Korea was by far the most attractive single nation, with 14.45% of the fund invested in South ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... corn and soybeans, for which the country is the world's largest exporter, said the report. And a dry summer in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan has contributed to projected wheat production losses. Food prices were overall, 6% higher than in July last ...