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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday. A meeting of European Union finance ministers, which was to be held just before the summit, has been called off. A summit of EU and eurozone leaders planned for Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... Greek debt will probably face greater losses than those already agreed to. Ahead of a weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers in Paris, France said banks would probably be forced to write off more Greek debt than the 21 per cent proposed in a July eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Monday to discuss the next steps needed to restore confidence in the global economy, following discussions by G20 finance ministers in Paris over the weekend. At 1200, resources giant BHP Billiton was 76 cents, or 2.06 per cent higher at $37.62 while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... there was no respite from the crisis, with Spain's credit rating downgrade underlining the threat to banks. Finance ministers from the G20 bloc of leading economies also pressed Europe to tackle its debt crisis to stave off a global downturn as they ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... ministers and we need to move on." "Shared view" my butt. Is CNBC making up stories then when it reported that, "Finance ministers from the 27 European Union countries spent several hours discussing what to do about their banks at a get-together in Luxembourg ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... of 13 October - that was originally set for last night. Investors were also spooked by reports that the same finance ministers are considering making private bondholders pay more for the Greek bailout. They're pondering asking for a 50% haircut instead ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... Wellington. "In particular, that they need to undertake steps to bolster the European banking system." European Union finance ministers are examining ways of co-ordinating recapitalisations of financial institutions, the Financial Time website reported. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... The bounceback came despite a tepid view of policymakers' responses to the rekindled crisis. A pledge from G20 finance ministers to mount a powerful response to global recovery threats appeared to do little to assuage fears. The finance chiefs noted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Composite fell 9.48 points (0.36 per cent) to 2,612.83. Wall Street was firmly in sell mode after European Union finance ministers over the weekend failed to find a convincing way to tackle Greece's sovereign debt crisis. The indexes trimmed heavy earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... YORK - US stocks closed higher on Friday in their fifth straight day of gains, despite a meeting of euro zone finance ministers that scuttled hopes for strong action on Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 75.91 points (0.66 ...