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Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... back-pedalling. Flash estimates show Italian real GDP contracted by 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter and Spain by 0.1 per cent. France grew by 0.6 per cent, helping overall Eurozone GDP growth managed a positive 0.1 per cent uptick in the fourth quarter ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... government spending stopped when it hit 3.1 per cent of national output or 5 per cent? Heck, even bigger countries like France, with an expected budget deficit is 8.4 per cent of GDP, Italy (5.1 per cent) and Germany (3.2 per cent) have all breached ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX dropped 138.85 points, or 2.45 per cent, to 5,533.24 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index in France lost 104.22 points, or 2.75 per cent, to 3,689.25. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed down 0.46 per cent, weighed by deepening ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX dropped 37.57 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 5,672.09 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index in France lost 18.66 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 3,793.47. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed up 0.32 per cent, tracking the earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... points. FRANKFURT - The German DAX gained 55.18 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 5,709.66 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index in France rose 50.12 points, or 1.33 per cent, to 3,812.13. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed up 1.63 per cent on Tuesday, lifted by gains ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... weekly expenses but also how your pension savings are being invested. According to Towers Watson, a typical pension fund in France invests 33 per cent of retirement savings in equities and a higher 46 per cent in bonds. By contrast, a typical pension ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... points FRANKFURT - The German DAX gained 68.46 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 5,608.79 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index in France rose 50.67 points, or 1.37 per cent, to 3,739.46 points. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed down 2.08 per cent on Friday as investors ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Greek government debt. The UK and Ireland account for about 23 per cent of the total outstanding Greek debt, followed by France at 11 per cent and Italy at 6 per cent. Germany, Austria and Switzerland hold about 9 per cent and the three Benelux countries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... troubled sovereign investment arm. Woodside Petroleum's $2.5 billion capital raising and the increased bid from AMP and France's AXA SA for AXA Asia Pacific also were providing stimulus to the market, he said. "I think the market's got a nice little ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... cent, at 5,315.34. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX index rose 45.97 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 5,802.26. PARIS - The CAC-40 in France ended 26.72 points higher, by 0.7 per cent, at 3,830.44. TOKYO - In Asian trade, Tokyo stocks ended weaker after a survey ...