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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... to 1,155.78. LONDON - Europe's main stock exchanges closed mixed, with some recovering from early losses a day after an EU-IMF debt rescue package sparked massive gains. Investors took a hard look again at the unprecedented $1 trillion deal amid fresh ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Federal Reserve threw the proverbial kitchen sink at them. The kitchen sink. The EU announced a a,-750 billion ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was almost two per cent stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... tell Greece -- especially Germany (oh sorry, Merkel has been saying this to Papandreou for months now). The European Union/IMF have agreed to keep the Greek isle afloat with a three-year, a,-110 billion lifeline. All was well... so it seemed. Until last ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank in early May. The $157 billion financing package came with conditions ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... Howard when he won the 1996 elections. Oh, and did you hear that Greece is getting rescued? No! Shock! Horror! The EU and the IMF agreed to a three-year, a,-110 billion (US$146.5 billion) bailout. No! Shock! Horror!

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the previous day. Sure, Greece et al is a cause for concern. But despite arguments for and to the contrary, the EU and the IMF tandem will not leave Greece in ruins. It's just unfathomable to think otherwise. Not with Lehman Bros' bankruptcy still fresh ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... She remains adamant that Greece provides specific plans on how it is going to reduce its deficit before it receives any EU/IMF aid. And yes, she's playing domestic politics of course. Germany's voting public is strongly opposed to a Greek bail out. Merkel ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... l... like the Bible says, "seek and thou shalt find." There's the financial regulatory overhaul issue in America that the IMF wants extended to the rest of the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... Greek bonds worth about 8.5 billion euros are due to mature next month. This means Greece would need to have access to the EU/IMF rescue fund now -- reportedly at a discounted interest rate of 5 per cent. The alternative is to go begging in the financial ...