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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... 5,401.6. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 edged to fresh records with the chances rising for GE's acquisition of parts of France's Alstom and fighting in Iraq lifting oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.62 (0.15 per cent) on Friday to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... 5,401.6. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 edged to fresh records with the chances rising for GE's acquisition of parts of France's Alstom and fighting in Iraq lifting oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.62 (0.15 per cent) on Friday to ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain; 2%-3% for Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France; 3%-4% for Austria, Netherlands and the UK and 4%-5% Finland and Sweden.

Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... the UK and Switzerland. The other countries ahead of Australia in descending order were Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Russia. The total number of millionaire households reached 16.3 million in 2013 - up from 13.7 ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... footprint in key European markets such as Germany, Russia, Spain and Italy, adding to its existing capabilities in the UK and France. Formerly known as Capital Precision, King Worldwide Investor Relations provides capital markets intelligence to over ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... monetary stimulus. That's an important dimension for our price stability." And for that bit extra hammering in, Bank of France's head Christian Noyer added that, "The stronger the euro is, the more accommodative policy is needed." We could discuss, debate ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... member nations all up. Russia and China are among the five permanent members of the UNSC together with the US, the UK and France. And surprise, surprise again - Russia vetoed the US-proposed resolution to declare the Crimean referendum illegal. China ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... or face an all out assault, For this comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating that: "We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... improvement that goes on for some time," he said. He said the growth of 20 % in German production, alongside a drop of 10% in France and 20% in Italy, meant that "Germany is no longer the locomotive of growth in the eurozone. Rather, when Germany does ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014