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Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... confidence and were fleeing to safe-haven alternatives such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and gold. On Sunday, Greece prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced that Greek banks would remain shut indefinitely and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
"Talk to the hand"! With these words, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoiled my weekend. Not because I have money on Greece - I haven't got enough to buy a small bottle of booze - but more because Alexis proved wrong my musings that after all is ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... them meddling in many others though). US Treasury secretary Jacob Lew "...in a phone call on Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, warned Athens that a failure to reach a deal on financing would immediately create hardship for Greece and ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... 38.67 points, to 20,219.27. Fears Athens will default and crash out of the eurozone increased on Tuesday when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused creditors of trying to "humiliate" his country and said the IMF bore "criminal responsibility" for ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... depend on the outcome of a meeting of the Eurogroup finance ministers on Thursday in Luxembourg. But in Athens, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had harsh words for Greece's creditors, saying they were trying to "humiliate" the country and that Europe should ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... exchange activity, the euro fell to $US1.1230 from $US1.1324 late on Wednesday in New York. In Brussels Thursday Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said differences remained with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker after a second round of bailout ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... helped by news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande would meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the sidelines of an EU-Latin America summit, encouraging hopes for a deal extending Greece's bailout funding. ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... ($US8.1 billion) of remaining bailout funds with a huge debt repayments to the IMF due at the end of the month. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has warned that if no deal is reached it would lead to the collapse of the eurozone. "European stocks ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... negotiations with the IMF have been going nowhere due to sticking points such as pension cuts," he added. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday attacked the country's creditors for insisting on what he described as absurd reforms which have only ...

Government scraps philanthropic donation fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... longer need to pay fees to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to donate listed shares and managed funds. The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, which includes Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...