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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Tuesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian shares slipped but the euro held onto recent gains amid hopes of European Central Bank action to rein in surging eurozone borrowing costs and ahead of talks on debt-ridden Greece. Investors were also keenly awaiting ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... shares closed mostly higher, shrugging off uncertainty over the eurozone debt crisis after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for action to drive down borrowing costs. But Tokyo's Nikkei index on Tuesday slipped after the previous day's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis. At 0759 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... early April. Banking stocks led the German gains after Merkel said in Canada on Thursday that she backed European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's position on making sure the euro would not fail. Commerzbank jumped 3.27 per cent to 1.26 euros and Deutsche ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... by comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Canada, which appeared to give solid backing for the European Central Bank (ECB). Traders took the comments to mean that Mrs Merkel could be warming to the possibility of the ECB buying bonds from weak ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... light on Thursday, although shares were kept buoyant by lingering hopes for a restart of bond buying by the European Central Bank and new stimulus in China. Tokyo rose 1.88 per cent, or 167.72 points, to 9,092.76, Sydney climbed 1.14 per cent, or 49.0 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Australian market was continuing to rally after recent announcements at the European Leaders Summit and by the European Central Bank that had reduced the potential of a near term crisis in Europe. "The S&P/ASX 200 index has now rallied by more than seven ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... stocks rallied for a third straight day, buoyed by hopes for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to boost weak economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 51.09 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 13,168.60. London's ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... stocks rallied for a third straight day, buoyed by hopes for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to boost weak economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 51.09 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 13,168.60. The ...