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PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's new PM and its first femme Prime Minister. What happens to Labour's policy now -- particularly in relation to the "Super Tax" on mining, climate change ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... governments now embarking on a course towards fiscal responsibility. No free lunch! Remember? Just yesterday, the UK's new Prime Minister David Cameron warned Britons to steel themselves for the deepest budget cuts to be announced two weeks from now. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... stock market closed lower on Friday, as investors locked in profits after seeing a moderate rise on the election of a new prime minister. The Nikkei 225 ended down 13.00 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 9,901.19 points. The Nikkei saw a moderate rise early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... wariness persisted towards the euro zone's debt crisis and uncertainty over Japan's political situation a day after the prime minister said he was resigning. The benchmark Nikkei gained 3.2 per cent or 310.95 points to 9,914.19 for its biggest one-day ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... belongs the recent flare-up of tension between the two Koreas and more recently the Israel-Lebanon incident. Japan. It's Prime Minister resigned yesterday just after less than nine months in office, presenting another uncertainty over the outlook for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... 5,981.2. PARIS - France's CAC-40 index lost 1.58 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 3,501.50. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation triggered a volatile day of trade. Hatoyama's resignation came less than nine months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... TOKYO - Japanese shares lost 0.58 per cent on profit-taking, with risk appetite slimmed by speculation that Japan's troubled Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama would resign ahead of key July elections. The headline Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...

Opes Prime director faces 22 charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Opes Prime director Laurie Emini has been charged with 22 offences of breaching his duties, following investigations by ASIC into the company's collapse. Laurie (Lirim) Emini was charged with offences of breaching his duties as a director of Opes Prime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her country would push "with all our strength" for a strong euro, saying Germany had been a prime beneficiary of the single European currency. The bearish sentiment on the euro overshowed the positive news that fuelled ...