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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... with those markets closed for the Presidents' Holiday. However news that euro zone finance ministers were meeting in Brussels to deliberate on delivery of a second bailout package for Greece help firm up the ASX. "(There is a] bit more optimism coming ...

Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
It's now exactly one hour to midnight in Brussels as I write this and so far all we have is wishing and hoping and praying that all those seated around the negotiating table Yes Virginia, there's still no news out on whether the EU finmins did or didn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... dollar leap higher to start the week." Mr Jones said all eyes would be on the euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday night, Australian time. The ministers will decide the delivery of a second bailout package for Greece to help it meet ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... and the release of disappointing US retail data. The 17-nation bloc had demanded that Greece's finance minister come to Brussels with an extra 325 million euros ($A400.67 million) in budget cuts and written pledges from politicians to implement EU-ordered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... out of Orica's plant near Newcastle, but the chemical giant says it poses no risk to the community or the environment. BRUSSELS - Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it can receive a second, 130-billion-euro ($A161.3 billion) bailout in spite ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... despite Greece kowtowing to demands - to strangle itself - EU finance ministers currently holding an "emergency" meeting in Brussels do not want to release the bailout fund until they see these austerity measures legislated. EU economic and monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... interest rate at a historic low. Dealers said the tone was cautious while eurozone finance ministers reviewed the deal in Brussels with Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker warning many issues needed clearing up before a new rescue for Greece was approved. ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... years. So another gabfest it is to seek a more lasting solution. Yes, Virginia, European leaders are all gathered in Brussels as we speak. Reports say they are there to agree on Germany's proposed "fiscal austerity" treaty, and a treaty that would create ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... triple-A credit rating sent stocks sliding and the euro plummeting on a grim Friday the 13th for the single currency. In Brussels, EU government sources told AFP the ratings agency had warned members of the bloc France would be downgraded by one notch ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... Investors Service said it would review the credit ratings of all European nations in the first quarter of next year after the Brussels summit failed to deliver "decisive policy measures". World markets extended losses when Fitch Ratings predicted a "significant ...