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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... apparent reason before recovering to finish near 60 US dollars. Even so emotions ran high, with traders concerned that Greece's economic problems will hurt other European countries and ultimately, the US recovery. Only 173 stocks rose on the New York ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... major miners all suffering losses following a weak offshore lead and continuing concerns about developments in debt-laden Greece. There were 25 stocks down for every 10 that had managed a gain. The big retail banks were all down at 1217 AEST. ANZ, which ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Athena? The bears are slowly coming back from the woodworks as the vigilantes of the bond market train their crosshairs from Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom and gloom I smell in the air? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... points, or 1.29 per cent, at 4,692 points. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Wednesday as the impact of fatal demonstrations in Greece reverberated across world markets. Images of riots in Athens, which killed at least three people, were beamed into the trading ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Stock markets around the world suffered heavy losses overnight amid fresh fears that a massive bailout for debt-ridden Greece would not be enough to stop its debt crisis spreading to Spain and Portugal. CMC Markets market analyst David Taylor said the ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... say it's a lagging indicator? Ultimately, it'll fall into place. Go away. This is a phrase that everybody wants to tell Greece -- especially Germany (oh sorry, Merkel has been saying this to Papandreou for months now). The European Union/IMF have agreed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... are likely to slump on Wednesday after US and European stocks dropped as fears spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis would fail. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 102 points lower ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank in early May. The $157 billion financing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... 4,800 points, the market was in value territory. It could have fallen lower given the potential reaction of investors to Greece's debt woes, a weak US lead, an unexploded bomb in New York City, and China's decision to increase bank reserve ratios, he ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... deferred from 1996 to 1998 and eventually watered down by Howard when he won the 1996 elections. Oh, and did you hear that Greece is getting rescued? No! Shock! Horror! The EU and the IMF agreed to a three-year, a,-110 billion (US$146.5 billion) bailout. ...