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Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, is extending liquidity to banks in the Eurozone. Instead of the usual seven-day operations, these central banks will now "conduct three US dollar liquidity-providing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Top central banks have promised to lend dollars to banks that find themselves short of the US currency in the ongoing eurozone debt crisis, a move that boosted the euro and stock markets. BRUSSELS - The European Commission has warned the eurozone's debt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... after a rally on European and US markets, as investors clung to talks between French, German and Greek leaders about the eurozone debt crisis. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 71.5 points, or 1.8 per cent, at 4,077.3 while the broader ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... the face of the extensive rumbas of the last few days, it was stressed by all that Greece is an integral part of the Eurozone." This was Greek government spokesman Elias Mossialos' announcement to the world after the teleconference between his leader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... "eurobonds," helped lift the markets to a strong finish. Fears that Greece could default, triggering a potential breakup of the eurozone, have roiled global stock markets in recent weeks. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... because it is in their national financial and economic interests to prevent Greece from crumbling and take the entire Eurozone - perhaps the world - down. But haven't we seen this movie before? Each time Greece (or Ireland or Portugal or Spain) is due ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... Wednesday between the leaders of Germany, France and Greece would help rein in the financial turmoil emanating from the eurozone. On Wall Street, industrials and tech companies were the strongest performers on the Dow's 30 list of blue-chip stocks, with ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... Portuguese, the Spaniards and the Italians would be asking to have what she's having. Perhaps the only way out is for stronger Eurozone members to do a Germany - by employing the funds to strengthen their own financial institutions and let Greece and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... below 4,000 for the first time in two years. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Monday, shrugging off troubles in the eurozone and worries about a possible Greek default to stage a healthy rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 68.99 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. The broader S&P 500 fell 31.67 points ...