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Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little, the Dow down a bit, the German DAX a fraction higher and the FTSE-100 virtually flat. They're all still waiting on Europe's final act. Well, it could have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... KONG - Asian markets surged for a fourth straight day as dealers followed a rally on Wall Street sparked by a French and German promise to back up beleaguered eurozone banks. Adding to the sense of optimism on Tuesday was a decision by France, Belgium ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher but had pulled back from early gains by noon as investors' optimism that France and Germany will have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis waned. The local market opened about one per cent up on Tuesday on the back of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... 24 hours, a record for an Apple product. LONDON - European shares and the euro have jumped as investors cheered a Franco-German pledge to shore up European banks in news that coincided with a cross-border dismantling of troubled lender Dexia. At closing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher at noon, bucking a weak US lead as investors took heart in a plan to recapitalise ailing European banks to help contain the impact of the eurozone debt crisis. The local market took less than half an hour to move into positive ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... what to do about their banks at a get-together in Luxembourg Tuesday without reaching a conclusion. After the meeting, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that not all countries had been prepared to present their national backstops against ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... sustained heavy losses on hopes European countries will support their banks to prevent the eurozone debt crisis from spreading. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It was so predictably predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will ...