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Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Who Voted For Brexit Is 'A Bit Shocked' His Vote Counted, Is Now 'Worried'". Here's the transcript of his interview with the BBC: "I'm a bit shocked to be honest. I'm shocked that we actually have voted to Leave, I didn't think that was going to happen. ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... Cyprus," Michael Fuchs, deputy parliamentary leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 today. "Why should Germans bail out these people and they are not willing to accept at least a minor bailing out by ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... the Eurogroup of 25.06.2015 and is comprised of two parts that constitute their unified proposal be accepted?" This is the BBC 's English translation of the Greek-worded document and comes with a warning: "For those who can't read Greek debt speak, well ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... gauge Vladimir Putin's compliance with last February's Minsk Protocol II - ceasefire agreement -A by the end of 2015. The BBC lists the key points of the Minsk agreement here. Not surprisingly, the Russians weren't too happy and threatened countersanctions. ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... profits betting on the "poundxit" of the ERM. Alan Greenspan could already be betting on it. In his recent interview with the BBC, said that, "I don't think it will be resolved without Greece leaving the eurozone".

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... this fresh outbreak... but the problem will linger until the next epidemic. Alan Greenspan, in his recent interview with the BBC, said: "I don't think it will be resolved without Greece leaving the eurozone". Ben Ong (hey, that's moi), wrote in this ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... rupee, rubble, real, rand - Bank". Which bank? The "New Development Bank" which the BRICS launched yesterday. According to BBC, "Its main function would be to mobilise "resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in Brics and other ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... Funny that. Funny that this optimism slogan is being applied some 10,000 kilometres away in the land where, according to the BBC, "laughter yoga" first started. That land I speak of is India... and this optimism sparked by Narendra Modi's landslide victory ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... is doing better than most of its counterparts. "Australia's first budget under Tony Abbott was either brave or foolhardy," BBC Sydney correspondent Jon Donnison wrote following Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech on Tuesday night. The journalist said ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Bloomberg, deputy parliamentary leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, Michael Fuchs, asked in an interview with BBC Radio 4, "Why should Germans bail out these people and they are not willing to accept at least a minor bailing out by themselves?" ...