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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... have reached agreement on how to resolve the Greek debt crisis. Media outlets are reporting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reached a last-minute compromise with France over a fresh bail-out for Greece, ahead of crucial summit in Brussels on ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... of America's debt ceiling, I'm not holding my breath on this one. I'm with Angela on this one. German Chancellor Angel Merkel told German reporters that with regard to the sovereign debt crisis, "There won't be one spectacular step...It's entirely about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... per cent. In Italy, bank shares suffered the sharpest falls. Investor concern rose further after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to ensure Italy's parliament approved an austerity budget to send ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... him. Turns out that back in 28 October 2010, during an EU heads of government dinner in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel already socked it to Greek PM Papandreou when she said, "If this is the sort of club the euro is becoming, perhaps Germany ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... rose 3.86 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 1,271.50 points. Markets rallied in early trading, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift action on a new Greek rescue package, but momentum faded later in the day. ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... labor market - a key element in resurrecting its economy - in the face of opposition from unions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Europe to urgently speed up efforts to regulate financial markets, particularly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... thanks to a positive OECD report that raised the growth forecast and other upbeat US economic data. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her country would push "with all our strength" for a strong euro, saying Germany had been a prime beneficiary ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... financial markets that are the problem, it's the mountain of debt and accumulated fiscal deficits. German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that "if the euro fails, not only will the currency fail, but also Europe and the idea of European unity." But ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... associated insurance derivatives and 10 major financial stocks added to a sense of crisis in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's later warning that stringent regulation and fiscal rectitude were needed to ensure the survival of the eurozone was ...