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Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Later on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker were to discuss Greece at a dinner in Berlin. HONG KONG - Tokyo stocks have chalked up a 12th straight gain Monday ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... costs. But "crowding in"? Again, what the fudge is that? This, my friends, is what European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker calls the EC's fresh initiative to breathe life into the region's comatosing economy. The Juncker plan, according ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... discussed." Super Mario must be super worried if he's breaking his standing policy - and that of his predecessor, Jean-Claude Trichet's (still remember him?) - to "never pre-commit" to forward policy action by pre-committing policy action in June. The ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... and in Paris the CAC 40 slid 0.35 per cent lower to 3,411.65 points. Going into the EU finance ministers' meeting, Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the Eurogroup of finance ministers, said Greece had "delivered" on its economic reform pledges and a long-awaited ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso and Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker were tasked last month with drafting a reforms roadmap. The plan is to be presented at an EU summit in late June, AAP ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... supposed to make us whole again - short of ushering in world peace and fortunes forevermore? Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said so himself. The "comprehensive blueprint" would "secure Greece's future in the eurozone" and safeguard eurozone ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... country until it dies. OK, OK, maybe not in those words. Here's the official version as spat out by Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker: "I welcome recent further progress made regarding the second adjustment programme for Greece. In particular, I welcome ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... repeated and repeated and repeated and implementation measures are sometimes too weak," said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. To be sure, they have every reason to be wary for Greece has consistently failed to deliver on its promises. According ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... Dealers said the tone was cautious while eurozone finance ministers reviewed the deal in Brussels with Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker warning many issues needed clearing up before a new rescue for Greece was approved. At the close, London's benchmark ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... the quotation marks on voluntary? Because it was an offer they couldn't refuse. Just read Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's lips: the European Union "wouldn't resist for one second to move toward a scenario of the total insolvency of Greece." ...