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Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... troubled member, Greece, amid reports troika representatives (inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central bank and EU) are due to arrive in Athens today, to ensure the country's new prime minister Lucas Papademos, is in a position ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Despite pension reforms initiated as a condition of the austerity packages from the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank, the retirement age in Greece is still low and public replacement rates (the percentage of a worker's pre-retirement ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... after Greece tapped former central banker Lucas Papademos as interim prime minister and (amid) reports of the European Central Bank buying Italian and Spanish debt," said Scott Marcouiller of Wells Fargo Advisors. LONDON - European stock markets closed ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... debt and/or boosting economic activity. If the Italian government's borrowing costs don't come down soon, the European Central Bank (ECB) may need to shop for more Italian bonds, or the EFSF would need to come into play - and definitely need to be expanded/leveraged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... vote on last week's eurozone rescue package. Investor confidence was also boosted by a surprise rate cut by the European Central Bank. Tokyo finished 1.86 per cent higher, or 160.98 points, at 8,801.40, Sydney jumped 2.62 per cent, or 109.3 points, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... Greece will start the country's economic recovery. Global markets also rallied on news of an interest cut by the European Central Bank (ECB). At 1219 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 95.1 points higher, or 2.28 per cent, at 4,266.9, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... turmoil to rack up solid gains on Thursday, helped by earnings reports, slightly improved jobs numbers and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 208.43 points (1.76 per cent) at 12,044.47. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... recapitalisation. Investors shrugged off approval by Slovakia of the revamped eurozone rescue fund and focused more on a European Central Bank warning of downside risks to the world economy. At close on Thursday, London's FTSE-100 was down 0.71 per cent ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... European equity markets. The mockingbird didn't sing. It didn't sing because, according to theage.com.au, "the European Central Bank warned imposing further losses on holders of Greek debt posed a risk to the euro area's financial stability." Baby's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Facility (EFSF), a tool created last year after debt-riddled Greece took a bailout from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that European banks "urgently" ...