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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... past when head honchos' heads rolled in Europe and, like Berlusconi (who's not even elected yet), the sitting French President Hollande has also campaigned on an anti-austerity platform. I can still taste the fear back then. Yet to this day, the single ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... say. The euro climbed to $1.3562 meanwhile, from $1.3514 late on Monday with traders shrugging off a call by French President Francois Hollande that markets alone should not be in control of exchange rates. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... have to adapt to them," was how Rajoy justified his lie. "We need to call upon a form of patriotism," was fresh French President and "less austerite" crusader Francois Hollande's reason for raising the marginal tax rate to 75% on incomes above a,-1 million ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... stability anchor in Europe. But Germany's powers are not unlimited," she said on Thursday. Merkel's warning came as French president Francois Hollande was in Rome for talks with prime minister Mario Monti on growth strategies and EU integration four ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the lead of Wall Street which ended its last session down on weak jobs data. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 4,340. In economic news on ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... in intra-day trade - as bargain hunters swooped. Hollande. Francois Hollande's win has forced (soon to be ex?) French President Nicolas Sarkozy into a run-off election in two week's time. Nothing wrong with that, except for the tiny matter of Hollande ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... overnight, statements by French authorities and the ECB before "the fact" suggests it could (will?) happen. For French President Sarkozy not being triple-A would be "an added difficulty, but not insurmountable." His foreign minister, Alain Juppe, thinks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... Milan plunged 4.29 per cent and Madrid 2.12 per cent. Markets were also spooked by apocalyptic comments from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who warned a deal was needed at the two-day EU summit beginning later in Thursday in Brussels. "Never has Europe ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's governing rules to tighten economic cooperation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... who had forecast it would hold at nine per cent. On Monday eyes moved to Europe, where a mini-summit involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to come up with a plan to save the eurozone. Their proposals will ...