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Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... volatile growth with higher risks of recession. Interest rates will remain at unprecedentedly low levels in the US, UK and eurozone with a sustainable recovery not possible until governments have consolidated their finances.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... 4,390.7. NEW YORK - US stocks opened slightly higher as Wall Street awaited a batch of economic data and weighed another eurozone failure to agree on a crucial aid payment for Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 8.34 points (0.07 per cent) ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... by one notch to AA1, citing structural weaknesses in the French economy, slow reform, and French exposure to troubled eurozone countries. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 0.18 per cent to 5748.1 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.69 ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... environment, both men said that the threat of the US failing to address the fiscal cliff and ongoing debt concerns in the eurozone would continue to weigh on sentiment. "The next phase of the crisis is likely to lead to difficulties in achieving growth ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... while traders seemed to take an upcoming EU budget summit in stride. The rally also came a day ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers that could unlock a critical instalment of bailout loans for Greece. At close on Monday, London's FTSE 100 ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... 3,341.52. The euro weakened to $US1.2714 from $US1.2778 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as eurozone and US fiscal woes continued to dent confidence, but Tokyo posted strong gains for a second straight session as the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Nasdaq Composite slipped 9.87 (0.35 per cent) to 2,836.94. Europe's main stock markets retreated after news the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis.

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... there this year, perhaps even the next? You didn't do your homework, go sit in the naughty corner! The surprise in the eurozone is that its economy only receded by 0.1% in the third quarter (as expected) - less than the 0.2% contraction in the second ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street and falls in Europe on news the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0633 AEDT on Friday ...