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Rescuing the rescue package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... vote. To make the US$700 billion plan more palatable to taxpayers, Congress has reportedly included tax cuts and increased bank account insurance to the bill. Whether these sweeteners are enough for the bail-out plan to get over the House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Australian stocks have received a flat lead today, with Wall Street markets finishing slightly down, including stocks and oil, although gold and silver were higher. In Europe, the British and French bourses were up moderately, but the Eurozone's largest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... to $32.50, while takeover target Rio Tinto added $5.09, or 6.02 per cent, to $89.59. In the financial sector, Commonwealth Bank picked up $1.67, or 3.92 per cent, to $44.29, ANZ Banking Group added 14 cents to $18.89, Westpac lifted $1.20, or 5.59 per ...

Aussies shun local equities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... performance of their strategies. Overall, one in four investors or 23.6 per cent, have no faith in the government and the Reserve Bank of Australia's ability to manage inflation.

Macq and OzForex steps up pension transfers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... said transferring superannuation savings from the UK usually required the super fund to pay in a Pound Sterling cheque to a bank where the conversion is made. "This typically take a minimum of six to 10 weeks from the date the UK pension fund posts the ...

CHOICE selects top FHSAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
AMP Bank, NSW Teachers Credit Union (NTCU) and Victorian Teachers Credit Union (VTCU) are the three institutions that received the thumbs up in a new report on First Home Savers Accounts (FHSAs) by consumer body CHOICE. FHSAs are deposit savings accounts ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Heads, you lose US$1 trillion. Tails, you lose US$700 billion. This is the stark choice that stares the US Congress in the face after seeing the market pandemonium that followed their rejection of the Treasury/Federal Reserve's bail-out package. Relative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for September, and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its index of commodity prices. The Hudson employment expectations survey for the 4th quarter ...

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... issuance dropped to a low $2.5 billion compared to $18 billion the previous year. The fall made it virtually impossible for non-bank mortgage lenders to secure funding, stifling competition in the market. Christopher Joye, managing director at Rismark ...

Japan bank buys $11bn of Morgan Stanley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Stanley's capital and liquidity positions and it will have one of the highest Tier 1 capital and total capital ratios among bank holding company peers. "This strategic alliance offers a powerful opportunity to accelerate Morgan Stanley's transition as ...