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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... probably face greater losses than those already agreed to. Ahead of a weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers in Paris, France said banks would probably be forced to write off more Greek debt than the 21 per cent proposed in a July eurozone accord on ...

Ausbil Dexia assures investors following European bailout

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Belgian government to buy its Belgian arm. To prevent the bank from going to the wall it was also decided that Belgium, France and Luxembourg would pump a total of 90 billion euro into the bank. Under the proposals, Belgium will provide 60.5%, France ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Pittsburgh summit. Current membership stands at 20 countries, and includes the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain China, India and Brazil.

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... how everybody and his dog were cheering - just over the past two days - reports that the giant economies of Germany and France have agreed to strengthen and recapitalise European banks? Turns out it's not entirely up to them giants, but to a teenie-weenie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday ended higher but pulled back from earlier gains, as investors digested news that France and Germany have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 26.6 points, or 0.63 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher but had pulled back from early gains by noon as investors' optimism that France and Germany will have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis waned. The local market opened about one per cent up on Tuesday on the back of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... index had climbed 37.3 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 4,262.3. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied sharply Monday after Germany and France pledged over the weekend to find a solid plan to address the eurozone debt crisis and shore up European banks within weeks. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Ordinaries index had climbed 41.7 points, or 0.99 per cent, to 4,266.7. Bell Direct analyst Julia Lee said a vow by Germany and France - the eurozone's two biggest economies - to strengthen Europe's shaky banking sector by the end of the month had helped ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Franco-Belgian lender Dexia was facing collapse, hit by lack of ready funding cash and a heavy exposure to debt-stricken Greece. France and Belgium stepped in to guarantee Dexia financing after the stock slumped 22 per cent on Tuesday, allowing it to ...