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Goldman Sachs backs Greek swap deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... publicly criticised for the transactions because they may have inappropriately aided the country's entry into the European Union (EU), according to news sources. Among the criteria to join the EU includes a debt-to-GDP ratio of less than 60 per cent. ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... The PIGS are struggling under the weight of too much ingested debt, threatening indigestion in the whole of the European Union. They're doom. Despite growing more than expected in the fourth quarter, Japan remains mired in deflationary conditions. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... lead from Wall Street, with US markets closed overnight for the President's Day public holiday. Ms Saly said the European Union had provided some clarity about its plan for Greece's financial woes, which had helped to boost sentiment, Ms Saly said. "A ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... many are falling out of love with the euro. The euro marked its tenth birthday as the official currency of the European Union last year. The currency started its life on 1 January 1999 valued at US$1.1827 but steadily declined over the next 21 months ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper revealed that 67 per cent of Germans did not want their government and other European Union countries to spend a single euro cent - let alone billions of euros to salvage Greece. Around 53 per cent of polled Germans ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... first to the rest of Europe and then the world. This is why while financial markets wait for the outcome of the European Union's meeting and its verdict on Greece, we already know that Greek will be saved...by hook or by crook. And speaking of crook. ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... at 4,527, on volume of 10,957 contracts. Major US indices finished higher with stocks rallying on hopes that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 150.25 points, or 1.52 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... - US stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average back above 10,000 on hopes that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. Global markets bounced back on reports that European Central Bank President ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... higher interest rates equals weaker economy. What a tangled web we weaved... The good news lies in the hope that the European Union would not let the PIGS roll in the mud. And in the unlikely event that it does, there is still the International Monetary ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... taxes and raise the retirement age and reneged on his election promise to raise wages faster than inflation. The European Union approved the austerity measures. Hot potato. With the Greek problem seemingly attended to, financial markets passed the hot ...