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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... Heck, even economists got it almost right this time. Consensus expectations were for a February deficit of US$222 bil. Greece of course refuses to be buried in the inside news pages. "For Greece, the problem is completely over," shouted former European ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... of the group - including the J.P.Morgan employee - sent a fake request to transfer $150 million across four accounts in Greece, Switzerland and Hong Kong. The $150 million were held in J.P.Morgan. A mistake in the Greek transfer was what alerted the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... months as much better-than-expected US jobs data helped allay concerns about the economic outlook. Easing concerns over Greece's massive deficit and debt problems, after Athens successfully sold bonds to raise five billion euros on the back of its latest ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... either. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both kept their respective policy interest rates steady. And in Greece...the sage continues. And in Asia, Bloomberg reports that Shanghai's economy has now exceeded that of Hong Kong's. "Shanghai's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... data and as investors tried to get the measure of the latest twists in the Greek debt crisis. The latest exchanges over Greece's efforts to resolve its public deficit and debt crisis also appeared to undo some of the goodwill generated on Wednesday when ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... edged up to 9.8 per cent last month and that employers cut 50,000 jobs. Concern about the economy eased after debt-burdened Greece announced plans to trim spending, as expected. The plan creates $US6.5 billion ($A7.2 billion) in savings. Investors have ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... the jobless rate to 9.8 per cent. You'll be frozen where you stand too if this is what you're expecting. But apart from Greece -- which is now being forced to pay for the price of its folly - global data paints a picture of continued recovery. It should ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... per cent, to 2,284.41. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on growing optimism that a solution will be found to Greece's debt problems and as Wall Street extended gains, dealers said. News that Athens will announce a fresh series of measures ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... of change is "faster". The beat goes on in Europe as well. Didn't we say, sorry I say before that Europe would not allow Greece to fail? Here's French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's statement on radio Europe 1: "I have no doubts that Greece will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... risen following AIG's biggest asset sale since being rescued by the government and reports of a new bailout package for Greece. The market got a lift Monday after American International Group Inc. agreed to sell its Asian life insurance business to Britain's ...