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Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... what? If this is true, I must have been smoking something I shouldn't have over the past two days. For just two days ago, Germany threatened to block the release of the a,-8 billion aid instalment to Greece if the Greeks failed to meet its bailout conditions. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... 2,532.15. A late rally capped off a rollercoaster day as investors hoped that talks on Wednesday between the leaders of Germany, France and Greece would help rein in the financial turmoil emanating from the eurozone. On Wall Street, industrials and tech ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... because of the Greek debt bonds they hold, sparked heavy falls for European markets. France's CAC 40 plunged 4.03 per cent, Germany's DAX dropped 2.27 per cent and London's FTSE-100 lost 1.63 per cent. But a report in London's Financial Times that Italian ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... the weekend, mainly from a new property tax. And this is to ensure that it meets its 2011 deficit target. No wonder that Germany is reportedly preparing contingency plans to recapitalise its banks in the event of a Greek default. And Moody's fingers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... $US1.3648 almost unchanged from $US1.3649 on Friday. The flight to safety drove down the yields on 10-year bonds issued by Germany and the United States to historic low levels. Borrowing prices fell for France as well. Greece announced on Sunday 2 billion ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... verge of default (91% chance of probability according to some reports) - but this is no longer news. Especially now that Germany is refusing to release the a,-8 billion aid instalment to Greece unless Athens keeps its word to raise taxes and cut spending. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rallied 75.11 points (3.04 per cent) to 2,548.94. US and European markets rebounded after Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that Germany could participate in a eurozone-wide bailout mechanism, removing an obstacle to rescues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... re-opened from a long holiday weekend with investors concerned that Greece would fail to meet debt-cutting goals and that Germany would drop support to the latest Greece bailout plan. The global jitters sent US government debt, a traditional safe-haven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... points in August from 50.4 in July. Any score below 50 indicates contraction, while anything above suggests expansion. Only Germany, the Netherlands and Austria posted manufacturing growth, with France, Italy and Spain slumping into negative territory. ...

Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... million patents registered and 4.7 million of them or 77% came from the leading nations of Japan, the US, South Korea, Germany and China. Japan holding 2 million and the US 1.4 million, demonstrates how these two nations despite being on the edge of ...