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Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... same Iran that back in 2007 told the world that the US dollar was a "worthless piece of paper"? The report added that other Gulf States are also cutting their euro holdings. China. Investors worry about its slowdown. The same slowdown many were prescribing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... where heavy losses were posted a day earlier when the US government announced criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. A rise in the euro from a four-year low on Tuesday also drew buyers. The Dow gained 225.52 points, or 2.25 per cent ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... recession. Tension in the Middle East would cause oil prices to spike. And with BP still unable to plug its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, precious supply is being lost. Higher oil price equals higher cost of running factories - electricity -- and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set to fall after Wall Street dropped on the possibility of criminal charges into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ongoing concerns about Europe's financial sector. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... chills, they're multiplying..." (Grease). Europe and the euro. Fat finger. German ban on naked shorts. Spanish bank bailout. Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Tighter US financial regulation. And coming to a theatre near you...renewed tension in the Korean Peninsula ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... Global markets are rebounding after falling in response to news that Dubai World, the main investment arm of the Persian Gulf city-state, asked to defer payments on US$60 billion in debt for six months. Investors, reassured for the moment that Dubai's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... 5,613.20 points, with the market dragged down by car maker Volkswagen. Volkswagen shares fell more than eight per cent as the Gulf emirate of Qatar sold preferential shares in the group. PARIS - The CAC 40 was flat, rising a slender 0.1 point to end ...

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... been busy signing joint ventures in China and the Middle East through its Sino-Australian International Trust Company and Gulf Finance House deals.

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Gulf region stands to destabilise global asset prices depending on how it redeploys its investment capital, after new data found the value of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... still growing in number. Tourists could indeed find themselves computing their spending money in euros or in yens or in the Gulf Common Currency in the future. Or perhaps even in yuans. China after all is today's largest creditor nation to the US and ...