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Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
"Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah) Know the way I feel tonight (Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah) Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah) Know this feeling ain't right (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah)" - Roy Orbison It was another lonely day for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... afternoon recovery on hopes Beijing will reverse a monetary tightening policy it has been following for more than a year in a bid to tame stubbornly high inflation. China's leaders have since October last year raised interest rates five times and increased ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... Government has announced plans to remove tax disincentives and encourage more private investment in infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... reports in Britain's The Guardian newspaper that France and Germany are ready to sharply boost the eurozone's rescue fund in a bid to address the public debt crisis. But Mr Curtin said this report was later refuted by another media report, which added ...

AustralianSuper three year fee freeze

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
AustralianSuper will freeze its administration fees over the next three years for its 1.8 million membership base, in a bid to highlight concerns over administration costs. Starting from July 1 this year, the AustralianSuper administration cost of $1.50 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled new measures to help cash-strapped Eurozone banks with additional liquidity in a bid to avert a possible credit crunch in the single currency area on Thursday. "(Everyone's thinking) they're able to better manage ...

Advice boutique gets image shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Asteron-aligned dealer group Guardian has shed 'financial planning' from its title in a bid to shake-up the company's brand on its 10th anniversary. Guardian Advice, formerly known as Guardian Financial Planning, said the brand had become "tired" and ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... between it and Hong Kong in absolute terms has doubled, reinforcing the strategic significance of the SGX's recent failed bid for control of the ASX. Sydney is nonetheless regarded as an established transnational financial centre, albeit it is not regarded ...

New online super tracking portal

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... online lost super tracking system, to relocate 5.8 million lost Australian superannuation accounts holding $18.8 billion. In a bid to make super consolidation an easier process, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is currently developing a new online ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... plan, dubbed "Operation Twist", to shift $US400 billion in its shorter-term debt portfolio holdings to longer-term bonds in a bid to reduce long-term interest rates. All of the Dow's 30 blue-chip stocks were in the red, with industrials among the worst ...