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Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... simply be just that - hoping and wishing and praying. All pie in the sky stuff. Particularly given fresh reports that Germany is standing firm on it old line on pushing on with austerity, that it would not support Euro bonds, that it will never agree ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... speculation that European banks have no more good quality assets to pledge as collateral. Reports that Europe's big four - Germany, France, Italy and Spain - have agreed to implement measures, including the mobilisation of a,-130 billion to support jobs ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... fell to 48.1 in June from 48.4 in the previous month. The euro area's index decelerated to 44.8 from 45.1 in May, with Germany's sliding to 44.7 from 45.2. Finally, this late-breaking news from Bloomberg, "Credit Suisse Group AG's credit rating was cut ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... points, or 0.75 per cent. European markets and the euro were higher despite strains on Spain and poor investor sentiment in Germany. In equities news, News Ltd has made a $1.97 billion takeover bid for James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings. Consolidated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... higher amid hopes of more Federal Reserve stimulus measures and despite strains on Spain and poor investor sentiment in Germany. The gains followed a successful Spanish bond auction and was fuelled by hopes that the US Federal Reserve would move to boost ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... many years. Then again, perhaps not. Talks floating on cyberspace before the announcement of the Greek vote were that Germany's stance might be softening. In an interview with broadcaster ZDF, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle declared that although ...

HSBC invests $100m in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... million in water following findings that by 2050 the GDP of the top 10 river basins will exceed that of the USA, Japan and Germany combined. A new report commissioned by HSBC from Frontier Economics showed the contribution to global GDP of the top 10 ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... solve the debt crisis, with German chancellor Angela Merkel warning that her country cannot save the eurozone alone. "Germany is strong; Germany is an engine of economic growth and a stability anchor in Europe. But Germany's powers are not unlimited," ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... was forced to seek help, and was granted a 100 billion rescue. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insists that it's a loan. Germany says it's a bailout. Given the developments since the weekend's loan/bailout announcement, this 100 billion might as well be ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... of more risks facing Europe gripped investors. London's FTSE 100 index closed little changed at 5,423.37 points, while Germany's DAX 30 climbed 0.17 per cent and the French CAC 40 fell by 0.27 per cent. Wall Street's major indices sank by over 1.1 per ...