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Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... would do whatever it takes to avoid a fatal collision. German Chancellor and the most powerful woman in the world, Angela Merkel, confirmed it only yesterday when she told the world that, "Where there's a will, there's a way. The goal is to keep Greece ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Composite Index gained 62.82 points (1.25 per cent) to 5,076.69. Stocks were helped by news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande would meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the sidelines of an EU-Latin ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Greek stance," Tsipras wrote in a column published by French newspaper Le Monde. Later on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker were to discuss Greece at a dinner ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... that European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis' comment to the contrary. Never mind too, the kingdom of Angela Merkel - Forbes' most powerful woman on the planet - and Greece's biggest creditor said it isn't so. As the Wall Street Journal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... electoral promises, raising worries of a default on 315 billion euros ($A457.02 billion) in debt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said she awaited a "sustainable" proposal from Greece that respected the "basic rules" of the bailout program ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... problems at home too. "...they also said that current policies pursued by the grand coalition government of chancellor Angela Merkel had a "negative impact" on growth". "As the government was relying "more on re-distribution and less on efficiency," ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... Secretary William Hague called the vote "illegal, unconstitutional and illegitimate" and that "German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement today condemning the operation "on the Ukrainian mainland" with "Russian troops." All together, they threatened ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... than one month after the elections - yes there was one - Germany still has no government. Victor (or is it victoria?) Frau Merkel's CDU party does not have a majority and talks to coalesce with the Greens failed. That would have been fear-inducing. No ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Washington that threatens to shut down parts of the US economy. The euro - which enjoyed a boost from Chancellor Angela Merkel's weekend election win in Germany - also retreated on Tuesday after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) aired concerns ...