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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... 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 banking crisis within weeks. The deadline for the response ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... European countries will support their banks to prevent the eurozone debt crisis from spreading. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan to tame a crisis ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... to pour more money into the European bailout fund." And last night, MarketWatch reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is waiting for the IMF/EU/ECB troika auditors to deliver their verdict on whether or not Greece has complied with its promised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. In an interview with Greece's state television, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to confirm this, saying the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in July will stand as originally ...