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An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... "arrears" not "default". It will consider in "due course" Greece's plea for a repayment extension. Eurozone finance ministers blinked. "The Eurogroup - the finance ministers of the eurozone - rejected the plea, but agreed they would discuss it further ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... made a last-minute effort to extend its bailout hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default. Eurozone finance ministers declined that request, but will continue talks on Wednesday after Athens asked for a new aid plan, officials said. LONDON - ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... hammering a deal on 22 June overshadowed renewed tensions between the 'West' and Russia. This was the same day EU foreign ministers announced their decision to extend economic sanctions imposed on Russia until the end of January 2016 - they were due ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Myrto Sokou, senior research analyst at Sucden Financial. European markets had earlier traded lower as eurozone finance ministers were gathering to discuss Greece after a barrage of warnings that the country risks a damaging exit from the euro if it ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... emergency summit on Greece this weekend but any decision will depend on the outcome of a meeting of the Eurogroup finance ministers on Thursday in Luxembourg. But in Athens, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had harsh words for Greece's creditors, saying ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... on austerity" - 19 Feb "Eurozone would be better off without Greece, says Germany's influential council of economic ministers as "very difficult" talks begin in Brussels" - 20 Feb 0427 PM GMT And then (drum roll, trumpet blows)... "Greece and Germany ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... condition of anonymity. "Time is running out for Greece. To clinch a deal at the 18 June Eurogroup meeting of finance ministers in time for the 30 June expiry of the current bailout deal, the Greek government has to shift its position very soon, that ...

Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... leaves insufficient time to get the requisite approvals. Any agreement must be approved by the group of eurozone finance ministers, who are scheduled to meet this Thursday. What's more, the deal also requires the blessing of several national parliaments ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... 0.79 per cent as the tense stand off between heavily indebted Greece and its creditors hung over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations in Germany. Locally on Friday, HIA releases its new home sales and the Reserve Bank releases ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... meeting focusing on Greece's debt drama, while airlines group IAG neared its takeover of Irish rival Aer Lingus. Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthiest nations are meeting in Dresden to discuss the global economy ...