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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... cent) to 2,572.55. Talks between the leaders of Germany, France and debt-ridden Greece, as well as comments by European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso about the need for unified "eurobonds," helped lift the markets to a strong finish. Fears that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... deterioration in sentiment across the sectors", particularly in services, retail trade and among consumers, the European Commission said. Only the construction sector saw an improvement. On currency markets the US dollar fetched 76.59 yen in Tokyo trade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... deterioration in sentiment across the sectors", particularly in services, retail trade and among consumers, the European Commission said. Only the construction sector saw an improvement. In reaction, the European single currency dived as low as $US1.4385 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Already-fragile investor confidence was hammered by more weak US economic data and a warning from the head of the European Commission that the eurozone debt crisis had likely spread to other economies. Tokyo tumbled 3.72 per cent, or 359.30 points, to ...

European pension systems under review

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
The European Commission has published a Green Paper discussing European pension systems, EU regulation issues and what the future solvency regime for pension funds will involve. The paper, as part of a four-month consultation on European pensions, will ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... number - at 3.5 per cent - coming in on par with market expectations. Who said the Eurozone is slowing? The European Commission now expects Eurozone to grow by 1.7 per cent this year - almost double the 0.9 per cent it predicted back in May. This matches ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... European-based ESG researchers, making CAER the first Australian outfit to join the list. The Standard is funded by the European Commission and launched last year in response to growing investor and company demand for research groups to incorporate the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... public deficits and credit difficulties confronting its banks, worth up to 250 billion euros. But the IMF, the European Commission and the Spanish government denied that any bailout was in the works. Investors focused instead on the industrial output ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank in early May. The $157 billion financing package came with conditions, including budget cuts ...

Grass is greener in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... amount of pressure would make Beijing kowtow to America's demands. Not if it's not in China's interest. Former European Commission President Romano Prodi made an excellent observation last month when he said that, "The higher the rank of a politician ...