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Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... lowest level in 25 years and has driven down June mortgage approvals to a record low of 36,000 from 41,000 in May. In Germany, annual CPI inflation rose to a 12-year high of 3.4 percent in July. With Germany being the biggest economy in the Eurozone ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... focus of the upcoming week will be the euro zone 'flash' inflation estimate, consumer confidence indicators for France and Germany, and unemployment figures for both Germany and the Eurozone. Consumer confidence is expected to head lower, buffeted by ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... carbon than they actually output, which allowed them to keep any carbon trading income as pure profit. These profits in Germany were estimated to be $14 billion in the first year of trading alone, she said. The result was energy producers had no incentive ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... percent, up from 1.5 percent previously. Europe: In Europe, the week will see a number of economic data with the release of Germany's Ifo business climate indicator, purchasing managers indexes for France, Germany, and the Eurozone, Italian and French ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... up but in the niche market of aged care infrastructure. According to HSH's forecasts, the demand for nursing homes in Germany alone will rise by an additional $20 billion by 2020. Under the joint venture, Mariner Financial, which has $1.2 billion in ...

CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... managed to add Sunsuper and Hostplus to its investment base in addition to a number of institutional investors in France, Germany and the Middle East. "We continue to remain extremely buoyant about the future of infrastructure as a critical element to ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... manufacturing production falling by 0.5 percent. The UK is being plagued by the same problems plaguing the Eurozone, particularly Germany. News out of Japan shows that Asia is not immune from the global slowdown. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its quarterly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... gained 46.4 points to 5,667.2, having fallen 1.5 per cent on Friday. The commodity-heavy index easily outperformed peers in Germany and France. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,589.46 points, up 11.02 or 0.17 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... months and even defied the odds to record robust growth in the first quarter, annualised at 3 per cent thanks largely to Germany which posted its strongest growth in 12 years. But this was probably a temporary upsurge because cracks are slowly starting ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... grid. It become so effective that Fell said last year it lead to a 100 million tonne reduction in carbon emissions in Germany whereas emissions trading only lead to a 9 million tonne reduction. Given that carbon production is now trading in Australia ...