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Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... speculation of a break up of the euro sparked by the victory of anti-austerity crusader Francois Hollande to the French Presidency and the inconclusive Greek elections. Today we had both in the Italian elections - inconclusive and the rise of the anti-austerity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... hold ahead of a European Union summit. Investors shrugged off news that Cyprus, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, will probably need 17 billion euros ($A21 billion) in international aid to rescue its struggling economy, hit by recession ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... was put on hold ahead of an EU summit. Investors shrugged off news that Cyprus, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, will probably need 17 billion euros ($A21 billion) in international aid to rescue its struggling economy, hit by recession ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... Angela - her voters demand it and she's going to elections next year - or anti-austerite Monsieur Hollande - he won the presidency on this promise - that'll dominate the European policy agenda going forward. But does it have to be an either or choice? ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
World economies have reacted to news the US has retained its hold of the presidency of the World Bank following a vote. The executive directors of the World Bank Group voted Dr. Jim Yong Kim as president for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... relations held late last year, Romney promised to designate China as a currency manipulator if he is elected to the presidency. Shows that PM Wen also learns from another of his great ancestor, Sun Tzu, whose "The Art of War" advises that, "Indirect ...

D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... further down again. According to the Wall Street Journal, "...a statement from Poland, which currently holds the EU presidency, on Tuesday afternoon confirmed a finance ministers' gathering to settle the final issues on a package of measures ahead of ...

Noonan takes ACSI presidency

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Media Super chairman Gerard Noonan has been appointed as the new president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Noonan will be supported by incoming deputy president Trish Donohue, who is executive manager of investments for ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... can! One more time, Yes we can! Obama has spoken and Wall Street saw that it was good. Despite rising criticism of his presidency and falling popularity, you can't help but be roused by the man when you listen to him speak with his distinct rhetorical ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... cent, to $14.99 and Commonwealth Bank lost 76 cents, or 2.88 per cent, to $25.59. In the US, the dawn of the Obama presidency on Tuesday could not shake Wall Street from its dejection over the banking industry. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 332.13 ...