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Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... offering an additional 1,046 basis points for its bonds. And this was all after Greek's pact with the devil - I mean, the EU/ECB/IMF troika - last month. The bond market knew -- and knows! Equity markets are on a tailspin as Eurozone debt matters bobbed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... advance made as the Greek parliament approved a make-or-break austerity package to win fresh debt funding from the EU and IMF on Wednesday and Thursday. They said early trade on Friday was tentative, however, after subdued manufacturing data in Britain ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... immediate future, financial markets are back walking on the sunny side of the street. It's as if the whole Greek - EU/ECB/IMF troika "pretend and extend" theatrics didn't happen. The only thing is that it did and now we're hearing the familiar refrains ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... 2.8 per cent. But wait, isn't this all about Greece? Now it's virtually assured of another 12 billion euros from the EU/ECB/IMF troika to tide it over until the next time it has to rollover its debt. It's saved! Hooray! Well yes it is and it isn't. This ...

IMF elects new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... Never mind the angry mob rioting on the streets of Athens, for without the 12 billion euro lifeline from the 'troika' - EU/ECB/IMF - even the Greek Parliamentarians won't get paid. So, just do it! But in the event that the austerity measures don't pass ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... of Greece." You got that? No D-E-F-A-U-L-T whatever Greece does - for now at least. So I really don't know why the EU/ECB/IMF troika and Greece still insist on continuing with this charade. Ok, ok. There was some real good news. French banks agreed to ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... hip. If he does, he could then push through his austerity package and start holding a garage sale of Greek assets. The EU/ECB/IMF would see this as good and Greece will be rewarded with a handshake and a suitcase containing a,-12 billion. News flash ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... International Monetary Fund and eurozone finance ministers. The Dow has risen for four straight days amid optimism that Europe and the IMF will succeed in their plan to prevent a Greek default, which could have potentially devastating consequences for ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... Luxembourg say that they've decided to delay the disbursement of the a,-12 billion ($17 billion) in loans from the EU and the IMF until July. They want to see whether Greece's private creditors would 'voluntarily' roll-over the country's debts and whether ...