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D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... sell buttons. But I also guess that a compromise deal will be reached -- on the 11th hour. Remember the D-E-B-T debates in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and recently, Italy. The same thought process went into it. Politicians debated, argued, accused and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... the Atlantic, the eurozone's leaders were preparing for an emergency summit on Thursday aimed at preventing a default by Greece, which could have destabilising effects on larger European economies. Bank of America, the largest US bank in terms of deposits ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... end of the debt tunnel. Dealers said that with growing fears the eurozone debt crisis could snag Italy and Spain after Greece, Ireland and Portugal, sentiment took another knock as the ratings agencies put the United States in the firing line as well. ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Banco Grupo Caja3, CatalunyaCaixa, Unnim of Spain, Eurobank Ergasias, Agricultural Bank of Greece and Austrai's Oesterreichische Volksbanken. Reports say that these banks are just minor players in the banking sector. What ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
And so one by one the dominoes are junked. First Greece, then Portugal and now Ireland. That's the order Moody's took them out - one after the other. But what surprised for equity markets was just a ho-hum matter for bond investors. Know why? Just look ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... reassuring investors concerned the eurozone's third-largest economy could be the next to crumble under unsustainable debt. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have all required bailouts to stay afloat after investors deemed them poor risks and their borrowing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... rescue package. The Brussels talks will focus on the question of possible private-sector involvement in a second bailout of Greece. A deal is not expected before September. London's market managed to sidestep the worst of the European falls. BSkyB's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... per cent with Italy and Spain seen as most immediately vulnerable to the fallout from the debt crisis which has snared Greece, Ireland and Portugal. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday, with Tokyo hitting its highest close since the March ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... reports overnight than the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. Yes, we already know that Greece is broke, Portugal is the other Greece - and perhaps someday, the entire Eurozone would turn Greek, when the debt 'can' ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Greek problem is done and dusted - at least until the next time it needs to be done and dusted - along comes that other Greece, and it's name is Portugal. Warnings galore. Credit-rating agencies went to town last night, scissors in hand. Had it not for ...