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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... spokesman, it was "because there was some concern that he would not catch a connecting flight and therefore miss the EU summit" scheduled for Thursday. Yeah sure! And pigs can fly! Hold on...yes, it must be because of the PIGS. The financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... economic crisis. Greece's European partners are under pressure to approve financial aid for Athens and are to convene at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, with the EU wanting to avoid the intervention of the International Monetary Fund. In London, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... advertisements survey for November. Rabobank releases its quarterly rural confidence Survey. The 2nd Annual Debt Markets Summit 2009 will be held in Sydney. The 26th National Chartered Secretaries National Conference will be held in Melbourne. The Australian ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... became G-8 after Russia's inclusion in 1998. Twenty heads are better than eight. Last weekend in Pittsburg, the annual G-8 summit has been expanded to permanently include 12 other representations (Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern Europe and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... traders cashed in gains from last week's strong rally and waited for the outcome of a key US Federal Reserve meeting and a summit of the Group of 20 leading world economies. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 38.53 points, or 0.74 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... to take a breath because it's been unbelievable." Mr Mueller said investors would be eyeing off developments at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, US, next week. "It comes at a critical phase of this recovery... they'll tell us what they think the next 12 ...

NAB buys Lodestar Capital stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Capital. Lodestar Capital Partners can be accessed on a number platforms including the MLC MasterKey, Asgard eWRAP, AXA Summit, BT Wrap, Colonial FirstChoice and ING Oasis.

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
A summit to have another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... that other international body - the International Monetary Fund - was promised a tripling of its capital after the G20 Summit in London roundabout April Fool's day, the WB only received an endorsement of its 'Vulnerability Framework' from the G20 - no ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Investments Commission case against Fortescue Metals Group continues in the Federal Court in Perth. The Australian Uranium Summit begins in Perth. Sims Metal Group Ltd will issue a third quarter earnings update. In Melbourne, Rio Tinto Ltd global head ...