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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... who had forecast it would hold at nine per cent. On 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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... doubt after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... for Greece and persuading banks to agree to major writedowns in an accord reached after two successive summits. French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced at a summit in Brussels that eurozone leaders had agreed to leverage the 440-billion-euro ($A591 ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... and was still sharply higher in late trade at $US1.3944, up from $US1.3894 Friday. European leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and IMF chief Christine Lagarde, on Sunday said "good progress" had been made in talks on the debt crisis ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... amount of pressure on them to deliver a solution." "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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... 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 the end of the month". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... $US1.3375 late in New York on Friday. The dollar fell to 76.66 yen from 76.87 yen on Friday. In a meeting on Sunday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a united front and vowed a response to Europe's debt and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... default, triggering a potential breakup of the eurozone, have roiled global stock markets in recent weeks. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced confidence on Wednesday that Greece would remain in the eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... traders were cautious given the negative lead from Wall St and renewed concerns about eurozone debt. Overnight, French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised new measures to slash France's public deficit amid fears that France could be the next country after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... 0.30 per cent, to 1,271.50 points. Markets rallied in early trading, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift action on a new Greek rescue package, but momentum faded later in the day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ...