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Australian Ethical HQ wins Banksia award

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... office, Trevor Pearcey House, won the Banksia Environmental Foundation award for the Built Environment - an award backed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The refurbished building produces about 70 per cent fewer greenhouse emissions than an average commercial ...

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... tax environment," he said. Mauppin-Higashino said Russia's continued growth prospects remain positive after the country's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is proposing to introduce seven year tax breaks for Russian firms involved in the exploration and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... markets closed sharply lower as investors opted to cash out rather than risk further losses in the fallout from the US sub-prime home loan crisis. The banks remained under pressure on concerns they may have to take more massive writedowns and raise fresh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... sharply lower as steep falls in mortgage groups Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sparking fears of more heavy losses in the US sub-prime mortgage crisis. Adding to the turmoil were a sharp spike in oil prices to fresh record highs and another slide in the ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... can have some short term costs, these are outweighed by significant long term national economic benefits. "In January, the Prime Minister nominated boosting the level of private saving as one part of a five point plan to combat inflationary pressures. ...

BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Struggling telecommunication companies, bankrupt banks, airports under duress - the sub-prime crisis has increased the number of distressed debt companies, providing more opportunities for the Mellon Recovery Fund. Launched in August 2006, the Mellon ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... they said. The shift to sovereigns is at the expense of corporate debt issues which continue to languish following the sub-prime correction. Thomson Reuters said corporate debt issuance fell by 30 per cent over the same period. "Sovereign bonds are making ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... summit and oil prices have broken through the US$140 barrier, share markets have plunged and we are being warned the sub-prime fiasco still has two years left to run. And if that wasn't enough, president of OPEC Chakib Khelil is widely reported to have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... the May quarter. In company news, Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo will attend a store opening in Melbourne. The Opes Prime case continues. The International Consumer Card Credit Summit 2008 will be held in Sydney, and IBA will release an update ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was down 53 points to 5,267. In company news today, the Opes Prime case continues in the Federal Court in Melbourne, and the annual Merrill Lynch Capgemini World Wealth Report on high net worth ...