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Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... after Greece got its second bailout, there's still Murphy's Law to worry about. Just last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded us of this, declaring that the relative calm over the sovereign debt crisis was just a "phase". "Concerning the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... raise more than double the amount of new capital previously estimated. Pessimistic comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel on it requiring years to mend the eurozone's problems likely added to the subdued mood after she dashed hopes on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... losing their triple A ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's governing rules to tighten ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Monday eyes moved to Europe, where a mini-summit involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to come up with a plan to save the eurozone. Their proposals will go in front of EU heads at a full summit at the end ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... 11 per cent for the week. Milan rose 1.52 per cent and Madrid soared 1.63 per cent on Friday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a major speech on Friday that the eurozone was already taking steps to create a fiscal union. President Nicolas Sarkozy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... in the safe haven status of Europe's biggest economy. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her refusal to allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to become a lender of last resort for weaker eurozone countries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said Greece must decide if it wants to stick to the terms of a bailout package and stay in the eurozone. Mr Papandreou ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... cyberspace that the Europeans have agreed to agree. Yes Virginia, they did it. In the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "We Europeans showed tonight that we reached the right conclusions." There's too much info on the www on what exactly those ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising you, me and Irene to expect no decision this coming Sunday at their Brussels summit. Instead, they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Slovakia being the last one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to come up with "a lasting, global and quick response to the crisis s before ...