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All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned Tuesday that Germany's top rating could be downgraded if Chancellor Angela Merkel's government decides to pour more money into the European bailout fund." And last night, MarketWatch reported that German ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. In an interview with Greece's state television, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to confirm this, saying the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in July will stand as originally ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hour-long television interview, which renewed talks of a possible Greek bailout, the major indices drifted below the significant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... eurozone, have roiled global stock markets in recent weeks. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced confidence on Wednesday that Greece would remain in the eurozone, after speaking to Greek Prime Minister George ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... very quickly face a domino effect." With these words - broadcast over Berlin-based Inforadio - German Chancellor Angela Merkel relieved financial market stress over catching Greece's communicable disease. Herr Chancellor is now confident that Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... which was the main thing markets were looking for," Mr Speizer said. Instead, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel said they would propose an EU-wide tax on financial transactions and seek to create a eurozone governing body headed by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... have reached agreement on how to resolve the Greek debt crisis. Media outlets are reporting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reached a last-minute compromise with France over a fresh bail-out for Greece, ahead of crucial summit in Brussels on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... per cent. In Italy, bank shares suffered the sharpest falls. Investor concern rose further after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to ensure Italy's parliament approved an austerity budget to send ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... him. Turns out that back in 28 October 2010, during an EU heads of government dinner in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel already socked it to Greek PM Papandreou when she said, "If this is the sort of club the euro is becoming, perhaps Germany ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... rose 3.86 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 1,271.50 points. Markets rallied in early trading, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift action on a new Greek rescue package, but momentum faded later in the day. ...