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Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... but it will happen,' Rachel Hunter ones aid in a TV commercial. But Rachel Hunter was not selling a solution to the destruction of wealth, business failures, job losses, home foreclosures or economic meltdowns. She was selling shampoo. Now who would ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... jobs in the economy compared to a year ago. The financial media may be sowing the seeds of the domestic economy's destruction. Yes, the economic and financial climate is challenging at best but selective (irresponsible?) commentaries on employment such ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Congress may have saved US taxpayers a US$700 billion bill. However, the failure of the rescue package has caused capital destruction worth more than US$1 trillion. Were it not for renewed hopes that the package will eventually be approved, even more ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

... situation, any project would be viable provided its projected return was greater than zero." This could result to a destruction in capital, as was the case during the dot com boom, the Japanese boom and the 1990s Asian boom, when the return on capital ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... not invest in any company domiciled in any whaling nations, countries developing nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction, countries that systematically abuse human rights and will not invest in nuclear power. It will also employ Hunter Hall's ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... into mainstream research. Such issues often include corporate governance, human capital management, value creation or destruction during mergers and acquisitions or corporate performance on environmental issues. "HESTA believes it is essential to make ...

ASIC updates court on Westpoint progress

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... Prosecutions (CDPP) in respect to one of its investigations, including matters pertaining to fundraising, asset stripping and destruction of documents. ASIC said its investigation into certain fundraising activities was expected to take 12 to 18 months ...

Home building surged in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... the last three months. The ABS said the biggest increase in building in the quarter was in the ACT, following the destruction of more than 500 homes in the Canberra bushfires. New building in Canberra leapt 71.4%, followed by Victoria, which rose 15.2% ...

Morning wrap market wrap: US shares fall back into the red

... Street finished lower overnight as the likelihood of avoiding war diminished, with Washington suggesting that the destruction of banned missiles was a case of 'too little too late' for Iraq. The Dow Jones index dropped 53.22 points to 7837.86, with investors ...