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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 ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... of Italy's fiscal finances? Not a few it seems. The auction was reportedly twice oversubscribed. Just to be consistent Italian 10-year bond yields are now trading at around 3.90%, down from the all-time record of 7.29% back in 25 November 2011. Falling ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... YORK - The S&P 500 has closed at a fresh record high amid renewed confidence in the eurozone after the formation of the Italian government. The broad-market S&P 500 stood at 1,593.61, up 11.37 or 0.72 per cent and a hair above its previous all-time record ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... opps - that happened on the way: The Fed was going to unwind QE3 sooner than you, I and Irene expected; The inconclusive Italian elections (it still is) and comeback bunga bunga boy Berlusconi; China's property curbs (it's still at it); and of course ...