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Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... index have virtually traded sideways since 18 May - the end of the two weeks of pain that started with the elections in France and Greece where they dropped by 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively. However Jennifer, the longer-term would not be as bad as our ...

Eurozone turmoil sparks 'flight-to-quality'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... according to Robert Mead, PIMCO's head of portfolio management in Australia. Ratings agency Moody's said it had maintained France's top rating but kept the outlook at 'Negative', noting that while new president Hollande insists growth must come first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... from exiting the eurozone. While a summit in Brussels saw a pledge of support for Athens it highlighted divisions between France and Germany on dealing with the crisis that threatens to rupture the euro project. Tokyo was flat, edging up 6.78 points ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... things it could do to the Eurozone on page 6. This has been replaced with good news speculations - the fresh President of France Francois Hollande is gonna suggest the introduction of Eurozone bonds at an informal meeting of EU leaders tomorrow night. ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... Greece exit is breeding speculation of rumours of gossips in Spain. Soon it'll be Ireland, Portugal and Italy. Soon it'll be France. Soon the world! Oh pardon, moi. It's already happening. See how they - the bulls - run. To be sure, to be sure... there ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... the polls again after talks to form a coalition failed, stoking fears it will exit the eurozone. The developments came as France's new pro-growth President Francois Hollande held his first talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the main proponent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... dropped sharply on news that Greece faces new elections after last-ditch talks failed, just as Francois Hollande became France's new president. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 0.51 per cent to 5437.62 points while ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Secretary Timothy Geithner and Australian Treasury officials have been communicating with their US counterparts on the issue. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement with the United States indicating their intention ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... more, or all of them and in spades. The crisis du jour - as everyone's aware - is borne of socialist Hollande's victory in France and the non-victory for any one party in Greece. The message being that austerity is too hard. All those cuts in public ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... the US and European bourses fell as investors sought shelter from strains in the eurozone driven by political upheaval in France and Greece. At 0855 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 4,250. In economic ...