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Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... not good enough! "The Greek offer is not sufficient and they have to go away to come up with a revised plan," said the German Finance Ministry. It must be put into L-A-W. The Parliament is holding its vote as we speak. "... no disbursement without implementation. ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... speak... there's rosier news out of Europe too. There's relative calm there despite the sovereign debt crisis overhang." German business confidence jumped to five-month highs in January and European investor confidence to seven-month highs in February". ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... the third quarter of last year from 87.7% in the previous one. And have you read about the bigger-than-expected rise in German factory orders in December and the January jump in German business confidence to five-month highs or the surge in European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open up after closing higher on Monday but following a dismay showing on Wall Street overnight. At 0824 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 4,271. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat. At 0828 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,240. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) is due to be released, while ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australia's economic position in a global context was up for discussion at the Financial Standard's Chief Economist Forum in Sydney and Melbourne this week. Speaker Tim Harcourt, chief economist for Australian and Global Economics at the UNSW Australian ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... The Euro isn't the cause of Europe's economic woes and referring to it as a currency crisis misses the point, said the German foreign minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, in a strongly worded speech to the Brookings Institution in the US last month. "The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mainly negative session on Wall Street overnight. At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,234. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Uh-oh, is it just me or is the fear index starting to stir once more? There must be another summit underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high ...

IFM wins UK pension mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012