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Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... scholarship will be available from the 2013-14 academic year, and be awarded annually, providing the winner with a 20,000 GBP sterling scholarship. The recipient will be determined by the school on broad-based criteria including academic excellence ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... companies and property. In foreign exchange deals, the euro drifted up to $1.2635 from $1.2630 late Thursday in New York. Sterling rose against the euro and US dollar in afternoon trading after initially dropping following the stimulus news. HONG KONG ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... September 1992 and by another 4.9% four days later. But it wasn't only George Soros - who reportedly made a cool bil sterling -- betting against the pound that profited, UK's economy also resumed growing, free from the shackles of the German Bundesbank's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... cents overnight," Mr Hollows said. "It was in part supported by the strong performance of the euro and (UK currency) Sterling, which is broad-based US dollar weakness. "This 106 US cents level looks like an important level and we've backed away from ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Governor all in one?) believes that the surge in prices is only temporary and had been caused by the increase in VAT, sterling's past weakness and rising commodity prices. This echoed his next-door neighbour's - the European Central Bank - view that ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... ($6.3 billion) between October last year and July. Six were denominated in Singapore dollars, two in US dollars, two in Sterling. Including its maiden US dollar bond issued in September 2005, the fund has 11 outstanding bonds totaling over S$10 billion ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...