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Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Who's afraid of sequestration? Not Wall Street it seems. The US$85 billion in spending cuts known as 'sequestration' came into effect last Friday, the 1st of March. Yes, that one. That unkind cut that the IMF predicts will shave half a percent to its ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... according to a joint statement issued by Treasurer Swan and Minister Shorten. Savings to offset any cost to the federal budget of the additional concessions would however need to come from within the superannuation system, according to the statement. ...

HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... has 2300 friends and has had over 7000 visits. HOSTPLUS has also had 167,000 facebook post views and all on a media budget of $0. "It was very successful and we plan to do it again next year," said Wayne Sullivan, executive manager, marketing, HOSTPLUS. ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Friday - yes, this Friday, 15 April 2011. Reports say there was tentative agreement for a reduction in the government budget of US$33 billion but the GOP now wants US$40 billion. I don't know about you but what's a US$7 bil difference in the grand scheme ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Look ma, Uncle Ben's coming bearing more funny money tomorrow! More free money whoopee! Wall Street rose last night salivating over expectations that tonight's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would conclude with a kinder surprise ...

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... risk the plans going over their budget and behind schedule. He said research found only 38 per cent of projects with a budget of between $750,000 to $3 million meet budget and its expected outcomes. One of the key reasons, Johnstone said, is because ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research that found only 38 per cent of projects with a budget of between $750,000 to $3 million succeed to meet the budget and its expected outcomes. Johnstone said one of the reasons ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Global foreign direct investment flows have changed course in 2008 from developed countries to Africa - making West Africa the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends ...