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Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... Fed is not taking these moves lying down. Janet Yellen may have said a lotta things in her two-day gabfest to the US Congress last week but the bottom line is that taper is on cruise control and US interest rates would remain low long after asset purchases ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... product rating." AIOFP did not give any evidence in the submission to support this statement. However, it quoted the US Congress saying that "this 'shopping around for a credible rating" culture was a major contributor to the distribution of flawed structured ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... or two... and then it was on, risk on! The S&P 500 closed 0.6% on the up. And why the heck not? Aunt Janet told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee - and the world - that: She's optimistic about the economic outlook. "... we have heard many different ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... financial institutions in reporting certain financial account information required by FATCA. FATCA was enacted by the US Congress to detect US taxpayers who use accounts with offshore financial institutions to conceal income from the US Internal Revenue ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Both houses of the US Congress have passed a bill to increase the US debt ceiling, with no additional debt ceiling increases expected to be needed until 2015. It was passed first in the House of Representatives 221 to 201 after an estimated 30 Republicans ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... Soros' writing about China's looming debt disaster. "To Soros, the main risk facing the world isn't the euro, the US Congress or a Japanese asset bubble, but a Chinese debt disaster that's unfolding in plain sight." The title of Peter Cai's article on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Australian shares are half a per cent higher after the US Congress appeared ready to raise the debt ceiling. The big banks all gained but the big miners slipped after the US House of Representatives and Senate looked poised to confirm a budget deal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street suffered hefty losses as the US partial government shutdown continued and worries climbed that the nation may default. At 0807 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Australian shares are firmer despite the continuation of a US Congressional stand-off over budget negotiations. Wall Street and European equity markets dropped overnight as the partial US government shutdown entered its third day. But the local market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... the market on Tuesday fell for a third straight day, thanks to uncertainty about the debt ceiling stand-off in the US Congress. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.3 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 5,234.2. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...