澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-12

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After talks in Germany, the World Bank's President says his organization stands ready to help the debt-stricken country. 

 

 

 

“The point I want to make is that we are a bank for the entire world. We are the World Bank. And we believe that our staff have expertise² in times of crisis, in places that will allow us to be helpful, in countries like Greece. But we're also an organization that is run by its member countries and we can only intervene if we are asked to intervene. We stand ready to help any country that might benefit from our expertise. ”

 

 

 

Ok, let's see what's the market has been up to overnight.

 

 

 

The Dow rose 69 points. The Nasdaq was steady. The S&P 500 gained four and in London, the FTSE was flat.

 

 

 

To commodity markets.

 

 

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is 118 US dollars a barrel and gold is worth 1732 US dollars an ounce. 

 

 

 

The Australian dollar is buying 104 US cents, 81 Euro cents and 65 pence sterling³.

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