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Xinja funds platform for growth

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... said. In October 2018, Xinja announced Brett King, former White House and US Federal Reserve adviser under President Barack Obama, had joined the Xinja board as a permanent adviser.

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... president out of the last four to reach the 100th day mark with majority disapproval. In comparison, former President Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all passed the 50% approval mark, with 63%, 62% and 55% respectively. I can understand ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... better resume - way, way better -- than I do. He was the former adviser to US president Bill Clinton and US president Barack Obama -- yes, not one but two US presidents -- and is also a consultant at PIMCO. Sperling addressed the Diggers and Dealers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 47 points ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street moved mainly slightly higher following US President Barack Obama's proposed $US4.0 trillion budget loaded with spending and tax reforms. At 0849 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... points. NEW YORK - US stock markets soared to fresh records but internet broadband carriers were hit hard by President Barack Obama's call for tough net neutrality rules. For the third straight session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke its all-time ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... could intervene militarily in Ukraine". Now everybody's onto it - even US President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops to Ukraine.... and European Commission ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... slipped 0.14 per cent, or 3.06 points, to 2,221.59 as investors locked in profits following recent gains. US President Barack Obama welcomed the nomination of a new Iraqi prime minister to replace controversial leader Nuri al-Maliki and voiced hope that ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... climbed to $1.3409 from $1.3363 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed, after US President Barack Obama said he had authorised air strikes against Sunni extremist militants in Iraq as concerns grew about the security situation ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... while the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose 0.5 per cent in May. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama offered up to 300 US advisers to train Iraqi forces. Iraqi forces regained control of the nation's largest oil refinery, but ...
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