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Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Shiver me timbers! If you ever doubted that the markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, the equity markets' performance over the past 24 hours will make a believer out of ya'll. Forget Europe, China's coming to the rescue. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed mainly in the black following early session losses and the major European bourses finished in positive territory. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European markets rose overnight and Wall Street closed up more than one per cent. At 0810 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,105. In economic news on ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the "Sword of Damocles" is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets. Any moment now. Events in Greece over the past few days have jacked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the US and European bourses fell as investors sought shelter from strains in the eurozone driven by political upheaval in France and Greece. At 0855 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... authorities to explain the latest round of flight cuts and the carrier risks losing its flying licence, a report said Monday. ATHENS - Greece took a step from debt crisis to the challenges for the next government when the finance minister resigned to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, after US markets suffered their biggest losses since November, on more worries over Europe. At 1017 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 4,161.5 points ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
Anti-climax? Selling on news, perhaps? Whatever it is, European equity markets and Wall Street looked like they weren't impressed by reports that the deal has been done. It's been signed, sealed, though yet to de delivered. To be sure, the Dow had a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... ($A161.3 billion) bailout in spite of its MPs voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests. ATHENS - Firefighters have been dousing smouldering buildings and clean-up crews are sweeping rubble from the streets of central Athens  ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... Greece's creditors and paymasters must be careful not to squeeze too hard. Already there have been rioting in the streets of Athens -- compounding the country's depression (both psychological and economic). There might come a time when Greece shouts ...