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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 62.82 points (1.25 per cent) to 5,076.69. Stocks were helped by news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande would meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the sidelines ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... incomprehensible Greek stance," Tsipras wrote in a column published by French newspaper Le Monde. Later on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker were to discuss ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Carney must be thanking Mark Carney for his patience or he has more explaining to do in the letter he wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer last month because of what has happened to UK inflation - the annual rate of which has decelerated to 0.3% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... anti-austerity electoral promises, raising worries of a default on 315 billion euros ($A457.02 billion) in debt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said she awaited a "sustainable" proposal from Greece that respected the "basic rules" of the bailout ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... university must divest from all fossil fuel companies." This is a similar argument to that outlined by the ANU Vice Chancellor in October last year when he wrote in a nationally published opinion piece: "The returns on these investments fund scholarships ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... there are problems at home too. "...they also said that current policies pursued by the grand coalition government of chancellor Angela Merkel had a "negative impact" on growth". "As the government was relying "more on re-distribution and less on efficiency," ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... that. "The near-term weakness means that it is more likely than not that I will have to write an open letter to the Chancellor in the next six months on account of the inflation rate falling below 1%." Got it? There won't be any lift-off happening... ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... on the issue of climate change, which I find offensive and bizarre." Hewson's comments come the day after ANU Vice Chancellor Ian Young wrote an article in the Canberra Times defending the decision to divest from seven resources companies, following ...

Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... stretches back many years, including recent involvement in its annual Women, Management and Work Conference. Macquarie vice-chancellor Professor S. Bruce Dowton said: "In recognising Ms Ridout with this award, we hope that many of the graduates in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch in Melbourne. Meanwhile, ANZ executive Philip Chronican, Deakin University vice chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander and UnitingCare Health Group executive Richard Royle are slated to speak at a CEDA event on innovation ...