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PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... end-all of investment grading. And lest it escapes you, S&P's warning come just days away from the 8-9 December European summit. Warren Buffet was on to them though, accusing S&P of injecting itself in the political process just as it did back in August ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... austerity measures. Also, Merkel and Sarkozy are reportedly getting closer to resolving their differences ahead of Friday's EU summit. The number of times they've been meeting over the past few months, I'm beginning to think Merkel is giving Mrs. Sarkozy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... afternoon. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares gained 0.73 per cent following strong US jobs data and ahead of a French-German mini-summit aimed at thrashing out a plan to save the eurozone. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was 139.3 points higher at 19,179.69 ...

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 ...