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All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today as Wall Street heads into the Thanksgiving holiday in positive territory. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 126 points at 3,691. ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis may have dealt severe blows to many Western economies, but an expert on China predicts the communist country's investment opportunities remain robust despite the forecasted international slowdown. Xisu Wang, principal consultant ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... hunky dory is pure fantasy. The economic and financial systems need cleansing - cleansed of its profligacy and greed. The road ahead will remain rocky in the next few months and more pain will be felt. All the king's horses and all the king's men will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... released today. In equities news, BHP Billiton will release first quarter results. Heritage Building Society, retailer Country Road Ltd, Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Asciano Group will hold annual general meetings. AWB will hold a general meeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker following a negative lead from the US as Wall Street tried but failed to find some stability from an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and other big central banks. At 0807 AEDT, the December ...

LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... in overseas markets such as the US and UK have also been affected by tightening regulations on shorting - putting further road blocks to the fund's investments via hedge funds in international markets. LGSS's socially responsible investing strategy has ...

Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... according to an income expert. Brett Lewthwaite, head of credit at Macquarie Funds, has been traveling around Australia on a road show highlighting the pros of fixed income investing. He said advisers are now increasingly on the hunt for the optimum ...

CalPERS halts lending to big four

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The $274 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has temporarily stopped the lending of troubled Wachovia, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and State Street shares. Anne Stausboll, interim chief investment officer of CalPERS ...