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Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... 35.4% Greece but no other country will be ejected 23.2% The Eurozone will shrink to a core of creditor nations (Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland) 34.2% Germany will leave the Eurozone 4.9% Other ` 2.4% Mercer Hammond captured the overriding ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... observable facts - Australian banks are amongst the best capitalised in the world." Meanwhile, Abernethy notes, the banks of France and Germany say they will not meet the Basel III capital requirements until 2020, while the enormous bailout of Greece ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... 6.21 (0.21 per cent) to 2909.86. LONDON - European stock markets rose as solid US housing data outweighs Moody's stripping France of its coveted triple-A rating. The Paris CAC 40 index shook off early lows and rallied to close 0.65 per cent higher at ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... hearing in Washington. The US government has announced its intention to form intergovernmental agreements with Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland and has recently signed an agreement with the UK.

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... wealth remains second only to Switzerland (US$468,186) Over the past year, the number of dollar millionaires in Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden has diminished as a proportion of the global total, but has risen in the United States and Japan. ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless this time - in France. Oops, sorry wrong news. What's not supposed to happen are the equity market boards lighting up mostly green when economies ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... depression their wrecking on the economy. And need I mention the victory of anti-austerity crusader Francois Hollande in France. The problem: what if 'savees' fail to comply with austerity conditions? What will the ECB do? Will they stop OMT? That'll ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... employees (56%) are worried about their future financial state compared to developed recessionary countries such as the UK and France at 46%. Spotlighting the feelings of employees across numerous key areas - including engagement, trust, work environment ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... are impacting activity in the two biggest countries - German real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.5%, France showed no growth in both quarters - the latest reading are in line with market expectations or what we call in the jargon ...