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Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... so that head honcho Germany is now taking precautionary measures. German newspaper, Handelsblatt, reports that Fraulein Merkel's party has proposed allowing its Eurozone countries not to use the euro currency but still retain their membership in the ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... and France has called Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone and comply ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said Greece must decide if it wants to stick to the terms of a bailout package and stay in the eurozone. Mr Papandreou ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... 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 www on what exactly those ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... "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 summit. Instead, they ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... 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 over expanding ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time next week. And it wasn't only him, comrade Merkel said almost the same thing, "dreams that are taking hold again now that with this package everything will be solved and everything ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Slovakia being the last one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to come up with "a lasting, global and quick response to the crisis s before ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... 0.8% of total Eurozone output. Germany makes up 20% and France 18%. So the talks, the debates and lately, the agreement Merkel and Sarkozy gave up their weekend for comes to nothing if Slovakia votes "no" to the expansion of the European Financial Stability ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011