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The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... countries lost their triple-A and are now rated AA+ -- the same as America. Only Germany, The Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg retained the precious AAA rating. But for how long, I wonder? Now the heat is on. Europe must do something BIG and NOW before ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... agency had warned members of the bloc France would be downgraded by one notch, while fellow top-line creditors Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands would be spared. The downgrade could force France's borrowing costs up at a time when it has already ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... already junked. S&P warned that of the 15 Eurozone members, six countries - Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Finland - face a one-notch downgrade while the remaining nine are staring at a two-step markdown. And for the final ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... was poised to announce later on Monday that its was putting Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg on "creditwatch negative" due to the deepening eurozone public debt crisis, the Financial Times reported. S&P would not immediately ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... holdings of Greek bonds. Why the quotation marks on voluntary? Because it was an offer they couldn't refuse. Just read Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's lips: the European Union "wouldn't resist for one second to move toward a scenario ...

Ausbil Dexia assures investors following European bailout

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... government to buy its Belgian arm. To prevent the bank from going to the wall it was also decided that Belgium, France and Luxembourg would pump a total of 90 billion euro into the bank. Under the proposals, Belgium will provide 60.5%, France 36.5% and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... back up beleaguered eurozone banks. Adding to the sense of optimism on Tuesday was a decision by France, Belgium and Luxembourg to bail out Dexia bank, the first lender to be dragged under by the European debt crisis. Tokyo closed 1.95 per cent higher ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... the ratings of the core components of Dexia S.A. -- Dexia Credit Local, Dexia Bank, and Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg - "which together represent over 90% of the group's consolidated assets." Yes, them the bad news. The ones who not so long ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... from the 27 European Union countries spent several hours discussing what to do about their banks at a get-together in Luxembourg Tuesday without reaching a conclusion. After the meeting, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that not all countries ...