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Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... still at it. Two years on and Europe's back at the negotiating table trying to dig their way out of the hole first dug by Greece in October 2009. One begins to wonder how they were able consummate their union and give birth to a single currency in the ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... agree," the EU-ECB-IMF troika have released their report about the one that started it all. They've concluded their report on Greece. And what they saw was no good. "Compared with the outlook of a few months ago, the debt sustainability has effectively ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... easy and moot at first blush - get on with it and just do it. Unfortunately, it's not that simple my friends. Discount Greece's debt by 50% and you'll have all the other PIGIs going wee wee wee all the way home. What would stop Ireland or Portugal or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... the European meeting on October 23 to try and start to come to terms with a deal on what the haircut on the investors in Greece bonds will have to take," Mr Curtin said. "It's what the deal on Greece does to the financial system in Europe that's the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... to cope with any losses on their holdings of bonds issued by weak eurozone states. French banks have a large exposure to Greece. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, taking a lead from Wall Street and extending a recent rally on hopes that eurozone leaders ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... from Europe and the US overnight. One day after rejecting an expanded European rescue fund to help prevent debt-ridden Greece from defaulting, the main Slovakian parties reached a deal on Wednesday to again vote on, and approve, the fund by Friday. US ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... ratified the plan to enhance the European Financial Stability 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... Financials benefited from hopes that Europe will boost the capital of its banks suffering from the public debt crises in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Bank of America surged 6.4 per cent, JPMorgan Chase was up 5.2 per cent and American Express added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... time when the Eurozone is trying to contain a government debt crisis that has already seen three countries bailed out - Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Italy and Spain are widely considered too big to rescue. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist ...