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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... cheered markets which have fallen heavily on deepening gloom that the EU could come up with a plan for concerted action, with Greece's debt problems now threatening not only the euro but global growth as well. London's FTSE-100 index of leading shares ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... according to one's own propensity. Wall Street fell big time in early trade because European ministers decided to prolong Greece's and the market's agony by delaying the decision to save or not to save Greece from ruin to mid-November instead of 13 October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... more capital back into the banking system," he said. "It allays concerns that those banks could run into trouble if we saw Greece default." Mr Burrowes expects the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 94.80 US cents and 95.50 cent on Wednesd ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... so predictably predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will not, meet ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... that teenie-weenie Slovakia is playing hard ball - following the German parliament's nod. Now the spotlight is back on Greece where auditors from the IMF, the EU and the ECB have started auditing to check how much money Mr. Papandreou's government has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... it would pass all 17 eurozone states and Europe's leaders would move ahead with a confidence-building second bailout of Greece and also strengthen the region's banks. Bond prices rose. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was at 1.96 per cent compared to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... the scope and size of the EU's current rescue fund - the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) - for debt-ridden Greece. "I think it's just outright uncertainty - you're in the hands of German politicians and that's a 50-50 scenario and people ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... German Chancellor Angela Merkel is waiting for the IMF/EU/ECB troika auditors to deliver their verdict on whether or not Greece has complied with its promised austerity measures before deciding on changes to the 21 July brokered bailout. According to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... to $1.3632 from $1.3590 in New York late Tuesday. The dollar fell to 76.53 yen from 76.84 yen. The Financial Times said Greece's second bailout had run into trouble, with some eurozone members pushing for private creditors to take a bigger writedown ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... within hours of the open, as investors remained nervous ahead of a crucial vote on the next European bailout for debt-laden Greece. IG Markets' dealer Chris Weston said the local bourse was "delicately poised" on Tuesday, as investor confidence in mounting ...