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She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... average monthly gain of 143K over the past three months. While it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Friday night's EU summit could spoil festivities. But before then, expect another week of increased volatility as markets react to rumours, gossips ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Admeld. LONDON - European shares rallied, boosted by optimism over a solution to the eurozone debt crisis at next week's EU summit and a surprise drop in the US jobless rate, capping a week of sharp gains. London's FTSE-100 index of top companies gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Shirakawa warned that the move was not enough on its own to solve Europe's fiscal woes. Eyes will now be on a European summit next week, where pressure will be on leaders to come up with a plan to tackle the region's two-year-old sovereign debt crisis ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... intervention. With rumours about gossips about talks again swirling all around, you get the feeling that there's another Euro summit coming up. Oh wait, there is. Europe will be holding a summit (again) on 9 December. The hope is that maybe, this time ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... she and Monsieur Sarkozy had a gabfest (again), promising a plan (again) - changes to EU treaties - before the 9 December summit (oh yes siree, you read right... another summit). Portugal is now junk in Fitch Ratings books. So what else is new? Speaking ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Italian authorities' determination to overcome the current crisis," they said in a joint statement. "As agreed at the Euro Summit on 26 October, the Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of measures taken by Italy with the aim of pursuing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower after a mixed US employment report and the G20 summit did little to help ease investor concerns over the risks the eurozone debt crisis poses for growth. In London, the FTSE-100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... governments, including France, meant the move got a tremendous welcome on the markets which had been hoping for help from the G20 summit in Cannes, France. In an initial burst, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan all jumped by 3.0 per cent or more, then fell ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... financial markets." The line at the bottom says that financial markets are on wait mode. Waiting for whatever blah the G-20 Summit in Cannes would cobble together. Waiting for tomorrow night's US non-farm payrolls report for October. Waiting for Greece's ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... that the Greek decision has made it more necessary than ever to push forward with plans thrashed out during last week's EU summit." "A statement issued by President Sarkozy's office read: 'France and Germany are determined to ensure, with their European ...