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Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... 7.5%, respectively, because of high inflation, slowing consumption and its huge fiscal deficit. That may be so but Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are now doing something about these challenges. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... cents to $US49.50. The Nasdaq composite rose 6.51 points to 3,120.04. Indexes took a turn lower at midday after Spain's prime minister said that he's not preparing a request for a bailout loan. Traders have been anticipating that the Spanish government ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Would they, would they not... request for a bailout? The answer is crucial for investors but is in conflict with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's political fortune and his less than 10-month old government. This is because it's only after Spain ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... need only about a,-60 bil to recapitalise (less than the a,-100 bil that's at the ready for when begs). Good luck to you Prime Minister Rajoy or it'll be goodbye. Just ask Bloomberg. Its headline says it all, "Euro-Region Unemployment Rate Rises to Record ...

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 ...