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Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... social and business activity lead to weaker economic growth. Add to this, geopolitical concerns over the "fall of Afghanistan", slowing growth in China and regulatory crackdowns there, and the can't win thought of the Fed making a policy mistake ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... sparked by a cartoon at that (the one depicting a "doctored" photo of an Australian soldier's alleged war crimes in Afghanistan) published in the Chinese government's mouthpiece 'The Global Times' and Australian prime minister Scott Morrison's ...

Rubik signs with Pakistan bank

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Alfalah has a network presence of 500 branches spanning 172 cities across Pakistan with an international presence in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, a wholesale banking unit in Bahrain and a representative office in the UAE. The bank services more than one ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... European countries". Defence spending has already increased significantly in the US to fund its War - on Terror, in Afghanistan and Iraq - and still rising, and would increase even more should 'em big boys take us back to the days of the Cold War. Welcome ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Tannum Sands (QLD) and Broome (WA)," she said. "In a first this year, two international events were held - one in Afghanistan and one in United Arab Emirates, involving Australian defence force personnel on military bases. "A huge thank you to everyone ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... Germany, Spain, Portugal, France - have already withdrawn or announced their intention to withdraw their troops in Afghanistan. Australia's one of a handful of countries that's sticking it out with Batman. Now that's what I call "amigos para siempre" ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... add to your list of worries - it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red again with geo-political risk on reports that Lebanon fired at Israeli ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... economy. And if this isn't enough, just the thought of being the laughing stock of America and China -- maybe even Afghanistan -- would prompt European governments into more action... whatever it takes!

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... three years later (Dec 2003) after the geopolitical uncertainty - borne out of America's engagement with Al Quaeda in Afghanistan and 'Operation Desert Fox' in Iraq - cleared. The Dow's ascent was aided by low US interest rates - both short and long ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... to help rally the rest of the world to its view. In Europe for instance, the UK has always sided with America - in Afghanistan, in Iraq and in its plan for spending its way out of the global financial crisis - while Russia, Spain, France and Germany ...
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