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Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... bond market knew -- and knows! Equity markets are on a tailspin as Eurozone debt matters bobbed up again -- but this time, Italy's in the fray. For if a giant such as Italy succumbs - it's goodnight Europe. Perhaps, even bye-bye world. Put Greece, Portugal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... released, but retreated not long after. Stocks bounced between small gains and losses for most of the day amid worries that Italy would need help managing its debts. A successful auction of new Italian government bonds and a promise to fast-track that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... remained unable to agree on how to avert an outright default by Athens, and as worries had also spread to the heavily indebted Italy. Friday's announcement that the US economy had produced almost no new jobs in June, and that the unemployment rate rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... weaker-than-expected US jobs data dashed hopes that the struggling US economy was about to pick up again and eurozone debt fears spread to Italy. Dealers said sentiment had steadied after a bad start to the week and got a boost Thursday on strong US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... to 3,961.34 points. Other European markets were lower, too, but Milan lost 2.4 per cent and Madrid shed 1.2 per cent with Italy and Spain seen as most immediately vulnerable to the fallout from the debt crisis which has snared Greece, Ireland and Portugal. ...

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... Currently, Europe is the biggest green energy market globally due to a binding targets agreement in 2007, with Germany and Italy the largest solar markets. Wilson believes that with the recent issues surrounding nuclear energy, demand for solar and other ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... BlackRock said. Australia ranks fifth on the index as it is institutionally robust. Poor achievers Hungary, Ireland, Egypt, Italy and Venezuela are flagged as having below-average creditworthiness. Greece and Portugal rate poorly coming in at the bottom ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... will take part in a second Greek debt rescue package also helped improve market sentiment, as did moves by Portugal and Italy to further tighten their budgetary belts. Brussels ended the day up 0.97 per cent, Amsterdam rose 1.3 per cent, Milan climbed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Wall Street." US stocks fell hard on Friday as fresh concerns about eurozone financial stability, this time focusing on Italy, unnerved investors already rattled by the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 115.42 points, or 0.96 ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... last week, hang on to your hat Australia. This was reportedly triggered by massive falls in the share price of UniCredit -- Italy's biggest bank -- and Intesa Sanpaolo - Italy's second largest - that triggered a trading halt. UniCredit shares plummeted ...