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Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... would continue discussions into solutions to lift growth and employment. And then nothing. US monetary and fiscal authorities might be able to pull another rabbit out of their hats for all we know, but the longer they wait, the greater the chance of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... possible," said Gregori Volokhine, president of Meeschaert Capital Markets. AT&T slumped 3.9 per cent on Wednesday after US authorities challenged its proposed $US39 billion takeover of the United States's number-four wireless provider T-Mobile, a unit ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... to be seen but at this point, markets are just as happy chasing the dream. And have you noticed? The less European authorities stay off the headlines, the better European financial markets get. Calling all financial market editors. Then again, we couldn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... War II low against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do not plan to intervene often to prevent the yen from rising too higher. The Australian dollar was at 79.75 yen, up from Friday's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... tailspin. The report said the US and Europe were dangerously close to recession, blaming, in part, policy errors by authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. "That just added fuel to the fire of all the negative data that came out over night." Mr Jukes ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... number, or at least no increase - no, I take that back, they have to see a reduction period. Else, national fiscal authorities are not doing their job, credit ratings agencies slash their credit ratings and bond investors send their cost of borrowings ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... bank's planned bond purchases "risk currency debasement and inflation" and won't boost employment." Similarly, finance authorities of Germany, France, China, Brazil and most emerging markets criticised the Fed's November 2010 decision and even publicly ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... month. Terrified investors dumped stocks on fears the US and Europe would enter a recession worse than 2008, with authorities hamstrung by monetary policies too loose to react effectively, experts said. On Wall Street overnight the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Rebekah Brooks, who resigned as chief executive of the company's UK publishing arm over the weekend, was arrested by UK authorities. The company's voting shares were down 6.91 per cent, or $1.02, at $13.75 and were the worst-performer on the S&P/ASX50. ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Fund's current resources - at just over 600 billion euros -- would not be able to fund even half that. No sir! European authorities didn't contemplate an Italian default when they cobbled the euros together. Despite the exaggerated 'scary' headlines ...