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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Papandreou said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said Greece must decide if it wants to stick to the terms of a bailout package and stay in the eurozone. ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... reports swirled on cyberspace that the Europeans have agreed to agree. Yes Virginia, they did it. In the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "We Europeans showed tonight that we reached the right conclusions." There's too much info on the www on ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... a solution." "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising you, me and Irene to expect no decision this coming Sunday at their Brussels summit. ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Olli Rehn told us that they are close to an agreement and all will be revealed by 23 October. "Dream on" was German Chancellor Merkel and finance minister Schaeuble's reply the very next day. The there were reports of a Merkel-Sarkozy handshake over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... trouble with Slovakia being the last one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to come up with "a lasting, global and quick response to the crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... dollar fell to 76.66 yen from 76.87 yen on Friday. In a meeting on Sunday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a united front and vowed a response to Europe's debt and banking crisis within weeks. The deadline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... losses on hopes European countries will support their banks to prevent the eurozone debt crisis from spreading. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... government decides to pour more money into the European bailout fund." And last night, MarketWatch reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is waiting for the IMF/EU/ECB troika auditors to deliver their verdict on whether or not Greece has complied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... creditors to take a bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. In an interview with Greece's state television, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to confirm this, saying the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in July will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hour-long television interview, which renewed talks of a possible Greek bailout, the major indices drifted ...