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Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A week may not be all that much in the whole scheme of things, but a week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... 4,342.5. NEW YORK - US equity markets fell Friday as investors braced for a Greek confidence vote that could oust the prime minister and trigger fresh eurozone debt turmoil. A mixed US jobs report offered some small signs of improvement, but reminded ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... December share price index futures contract was 78 points stronger at 4,261 with 20,153 contracts traded. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who faces a confidence vote in parliament, says he is prepared to drop plans for a referendum on the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... 77.95 yen after trading at 78.06 yen. Borrowing costs for eurozone governments rose sharply, especially Italy, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi under intense pressure to come up with reforms and austerity measures to ease the country's strained ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Germany and France has called Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... fund. In return, Greece must implement unpopular austerity measures. But this was thrown into doubt after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... the effing world was he thinking? Just when we thought Europe was moving forward in the right direction, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had to open his mouth and announce a "referendum" on whether or not his people would accept the freshly hammered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... on Tuesday, the local unit traded between 102.75 US cents and 103.83 cents. On Tuesday, Australian time, Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou called a referendum on a financial rescue deal reached with difficulty only five days ago. The move renewed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... sparked huge market rallies, was short on details. Market jitters were further heightened after embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called Monday for a confidence vote and a referendum on last week's EU debt deal, taking a political gamble ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... bonds. Why the quotation marks on voluntary? Because it was an offer they couldn't refuse. Just read Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's lips: the European Union "wouldn't resist for one second to move toward a scenario of the total insolvency ...