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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... billion) in cutbacks. The expected spending cuts have triggered mass demonstrations in the debt-stricken country. Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy was quoted, in the Wall Street Journal, as saying that if Spain's borrowing costs were "too high for too long" ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... last night. We only have to look at the performance of Spain's financial markets to know that this is not good news for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who's hard at work preparing to hand down his damned if you do, dammit if you don't reform package and ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... be some truth in this because this is, according to The Guardian, what Spanish senior bankers and business leaders want Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to do. Not bad 'ey? Traders can now have something to get their palpitations going this week. Will Spain? ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... large portion of family businesses that struggle to succeed beyond the first generation mean that succession is still of prime concern with the majority of respondents desiring to pass the business and associated family wealth onto the next generation. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Federal Reserve meeting most economists expect will deliver fresh stimulus to kick-start the economy. Comments from China's prime minister hinting at monetary easing also gave a fillip, while traders were confident of a positive verdict in Germany as ...

Lazard consolidates Sydney foothold

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... director of Lazard, and together with his five investment bankers will take Lazard's advisory team -which include former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, David Wills, Charles Whiting and Peter Coupe - to 37. "We are delighted to welcome the O'Sullivan ...

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
A safe-harbour provision for board directors of not for profit organisations should be of prime concern for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), David Gonski told an industry event yesterday. Speaking at Philanthropy Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the June quarter. In company news, Lend Lease, Perpetual, Prime Media Group and Boart Longyear release full year financial results. Grocery wholesaler Metcash holds its annual general ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... terms of the euro zone announcements coming up." European Union (EU) president Herman Van Rompuy is due to meet Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday to discuss ways to lower his government's high borrowing costs. Locally on Tuesday, there ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... China, the world's two biggest economies, to revive faltering growth. Concerns about Greece also kept investors on edge, with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the day as Athens struggles to meet reform ...