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Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving post prime minister has bitten the dust. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his resignation a day after posting on Facebook that, "Reports of my resignation are completely unfounded and I don't know ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... 14.8 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 1,275.92. The Nasdaq Composite index rose 32.24 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 2,727.49. Italy became a key focus for investors this week after doubts emerged that the country would go through with a tough package of austerity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... financial sector, gave up ground. IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said Europe was the major focus for investors, particularly Italy where the yields on 10-year government bonds had risen to the highest levels since the introduction of the euro. Yields ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... plainly see on the intra-day ticks of last night's trading activity. Major equity markets in Asia and most of Europe -- Italy ended 1.3% up which is ironic as you'll read later - closed down on the day as traders traded on bleak headlines at the time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... a closing summit statement designed to kickstart global growth and rebalance trade, senior European Union officials said Italy's economy would be put under IMF oversight. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose after Greece's prime minister backed away from his ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... unexpected as it came at the first policy meeting chaired by new ECB chief Mario Draghi - known as 'Super Mario' in his native Italy for his self-assured record. The gloomy and increasingly uncertain backdrop of Greece in turmoil over its latest bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... below the $US1.42-level reached last week when markets had welcomed the eurozone debt rescue plan unveiled in Brussels. In Italy, 10-year government bonds were still trading above 6.0 per cent - a level seen by analysts as a threshold that could imperil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... The move renewed fears that Greece could default on its debt and that government debt contagion could spread to Spain and Italy. The Australian dollar had already lost ground on Tuesday afternoon after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate ...

Derivatives broker MF Global in administration

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... junk after the losses were reported. As of last week, MF Global had a net exposure of $US6.29 billion in debt issued by Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland. $US1.37 billion was from Portugal and Ireland. According to the bankruptcy filing, MF ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... hard-won deal but the market now wants to see specific details of how and when it will be implemented, with all eyes on Italy especially to make good on its promises to do better. Rome, significantly, had to pay higher rates above the key red-line level ...