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Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... 3.4% as reports swirled on cyberspace that the Europeans have agreed to agree. Yes Virginia, they did it. In the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "We Europeans showed tonight that we reached the right conclusions." There's too much info on the ...

D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... perhaps to next month when the G20 hold another gabfest, this time in Cannes. In which case, the buy on hope, sell on Franco-German disagreement trade continues." Boy oh boy, how did I get it so wrong, wrong, wrong? For now news coming out of the European ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An agreement is nigh! That, at least, is the conclusion one could derive if one had one's ear pressed closed to the European Union meeting in Brussels. There really was nothing fresh about the fresh reports that littered cyberspace after the 23 October ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street and the major Europen markets finished up overnight. At 0847 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 32 points at 4,281. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... perhaps to next month when the G20 hold another gabfest, this time in Cannes. In which case, the buy on hope, sell on Franco-German disagreement trade continues. But while all eyes are fixed on Europe, somethin' tells me were into somethin' good (borrowed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Shamu said many investors were taking a "wait and see" approach ahead of a second EU summit on Wednesday, with French and German leaders flagging a "global and ambitious answer". "A lot of investors would've been hoping we would have a pretty solid morning ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... to deliver a solution." "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising you, me and Irene to expect no decision this coming Sunday at their Brussels ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar rose almost one US cent as traders position themselves in preparation for the weekend's crucial eurozone summit. Overnight, Greek members of parliament passed a deeply resented austerity bill that has led to violent protests on ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Commissioner Olli Rehn told us that they are close to an agreement and all will be revealed by 23 October. "Dream on" was German Chancellor Merkel and finance minister Schaeuble's reply the very next day. The there were reports of a Merkel-Sarkozy handshake ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... bailout fund for troubled eurozone economies. But a downgrade of Spain's credit rating tempered the mood and reports the German government is slashing its 2012 growth forecast, in the run up to a EU summit set to centre on the debt crisis starting on ...