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The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... testament to this. Ireland has for sale only a,-5 billion of these but according to 'The Guardian,' "The Irish finance ministry announced that there had been a,-12bn of bids for the bonds offered..." Yields on Irish 10-years have come down a long way ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state owned Xinhua news agency on Thursday. Rural residents' per capita cash income was 6778 ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... Foreign direct investment inflows into China dropped by 8.7% to US$7.6 billion in the year to July. China's Commerce Ministry attributed the fall in FDI inflows to competition for investors from India and Brazil, tighter land supply and rising labour ...

Frontier appoints new analysts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Mercer Consulting, where he worked in the fund accounting and client services teams before which he was at the Singapore Ministry of Defence as a technology consultant. Vivian Yang will join Frontier this month from National Australia Bank where she ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... "The Greek offer is not sufficient and they have to go away to come up with a revised plan," said the German Finance Ministry. It must be put into L-A-W. The Parliament is holding its vote as we speak. "... no disbursement without implementation. We ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... "Japan's finances are getting worse and worse every day, every second". And still on Asia, Reuters reports China's industry ministry predicting industrial production growth to slow to around 12%-13% next year from 14% this year because of cooling activity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... fell against the yen to 76.88 yen from 77.24 yen on Wednesday. European bank shares plunged after the French finance ministry warned that European lenders exposed to Greek debt will probably face greater losses than those already agreed to. Ahead of ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will not, meet its deficit target this year. Surprise of all surprises! The deficit is now ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... convincing way to tackle Greece's sovereign debt crisis. The indexes trimmed heavy earlier losses after the Greek finance ministry reported "productive and substantive" talks with its lenders, the EU, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... plunged over new debt fears on Greece and rumours of a France credit rating downgrade that was immediately denied by ministry officials. London's FTSE-100 index fell 3.05 per cent to 5,007.16 points, and in Paris the CAC-40 plunged 5.45 per cent to 3,002.99 ...