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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve chief indicated the US central bank was in no hurry to raise its interest rate. At 0833 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... decisive step, leaving austerity, the bailouts and the troika behind." Really Alexis? Not so according to Irish finance minister Michael Noonan, who told you, I and Irene that, "They're now compromising and compromising quite significantly". I tend to ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... kicking the can down the road - as they've done so many, many times in the past. At least, this is what Greece's finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, hopes. "We are going to meet half way during the next couple of days. Europe will do the usual trick ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a little higher despite European markets closing slightly off after disappointing bailout package talks between the European Union and Greece. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... $US1.1475 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Investors seemed to shrug off a clash between Greece's new finance minister and his German counterpart over renegotiating Athens' debt, and a strong rally on Wall Street provided support to most Asian ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... country's 240 billion euro ($A350.39 billion) bailout. Greek stocks ended the day up 4.6 per cent, after Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met his British counterpart - the latest stop on his European charm offensive. US President Barack Obama ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... rise to fears that the country could exit the eurozone -- what is being dubbed a "Grexit". The country's new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will visit three European Union capitals next week to push the government's agenda for a renegotiated deal ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos was forced to step aside due to his involvement in an ICAC investigation. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann took over, sought more consultation and took FoFA through yet another Senate inquiry. In June, the Senate ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the government had until 30 June 2015 to pursue its controversial financial ...