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The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... within its mandate." Financial markets saw that it was good. The Euro Stoxx 50 index climbed by 0.5% and bond yields fell. Italian 10-year bond yields dropped to as low as 3.25% -- the lowest since September 2005 - and those for the five years declined ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... per cent to 4,349.72 points compared with Monday's closing values. Milan was up 0.39 per cent after data confirming the Italian economy returned to growth in the fourth quarter last year after its longest post-war recession of more than two years. The ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... Wednesday when a bid to topple Italy's government fell apart. The euro hit an eight-month high at $1.3646 after former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi abandoned his bid to topple Enrico Letta's government but later stood at $1.3638. HONG KONG ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... austerity budget although it raised its economic forecasts. Milan fell 1.27 per cent on concerns over the stability of the Italian government as the process of stripping former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of his seat in the Senate moves forward ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... 0.21 per cent to 4,186.72 points. Milan dropped by 1.2 per cent, however, on renewed concerns over the stability of the Italian government as the process of stripping former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of his seat in the Senate following his conviction ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Bernanke (little balding Ben, that is) to remind you.A There was the China slowdown, eurozone crisis - courtesy of Cyprexit, Italian and Spanish political uncertainty (if I remember right, Greece was there too) - the Boston Marathon bombings and who ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... and bunga bunga boy Berlusconi.A Members of his People of Freedom (PDL) warned it would bring the government down if the Italian Senate votes to expel bunga bunga boy from Parliament. And then there's Greece (again).A It's reportedly gonna have to ask ...

Out of the woods and into?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Madrid's IBEX 35 index dove 1.91 per cent and Milan's FTSE Mib slumped 0.93 per cent, as both indices were hit also by rising Italian and Spanish state borrowing costs on the bond market, traders said. A sharp fall in bank shares pushed the Portuguese ...