Published on December 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
RBA Bank Liquidity Facility – THE RBA and APRA will offer Australia’s banks a secured liquidity facility to help them comply with the new Basel III requirements. The agreement from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority comes less than a day after the Bank for International Settlements said banks would [...]
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Published on December 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Wall Street Soars – The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 249.76 points (2.27 per cent) to close at 11,255.78, with all 30 blue-chip components closing in positive territory, led by do-it-yourself retailer Home Depot, up 5.10 per cent. The S&P 500 index, a broader measure of the market, rose 25.52 points (2.16 per cent) to [...]
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Published on March 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Financial Crisis Isn’t Over – Australia cannot continue to rely on its place in Asia to dodge the fall-out from the global financial crisis, a leading foreign regulator has warned. The sovereign debt crisis enveloping the Mediterranean was set to spread, said Hans Hoogervorst, chairman of Dutch securities regulator the Netherlands Authority for the Financial [...]
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Published on February 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
The world’s top central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets. Representatives from 24 central banks and monetary authorities including the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank landed in Sydney to meet tomorrow at a secret location, the Herald Sun [...]
Tags: Asx 200, Bank For International Settlements, Ben Bernanke, Central Banks, Debt Repayments, economic recovery, European Markets, Ftse 100, Global Growth, Hang Seng, Herald Sun, Law Enforcement Agencies, Level Security, Monetary Authorities, Nikkei 225, Portugal Spain, Secret Location, Sovereign Debt, Sun Reports, World Share Markets
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Published on February 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
Crude-oil futures traded sideways Friday after data showed an unexpected drop in the January U.S. unemployment rate. Crude futures held close to Thursday’s close, which saw prices drop $3.84 a barrel, or 5%, amid a broad selloff of risky assets due to fears over weakness in the global economy. Light, sweet crude for March delivery [...]
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