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Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... were still bargaining over whether the Feb. 15 date for the debt limit extension would be a firm deadline or whether the Treasury Department would be allowed to use "extraordinary measures" to extend borrowing beyond that date, as it has done in the ...

Zenith rates NSW Annuity Bonds 'recommended'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... designed to provide a regular annuity style income stream over a defined nine year term via a debenture issued by the NSW Treasury Corporation, meaning it is effectively guaranteed by the NSW Government. Zenith noted that the Waratah Annuity Bond "represents ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Rio Tinto and Australand Property Group. He also has experience as a policy adviser with the Federal Department of the Treasury in Canberra. "Yasser's front-line experience in working constructively with the government on business policy issues and ...

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... left by Labor in areas like taxation, financial services and superannuation." The Senator said that he has met with the Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office "to map out an approach to simplify and create efficient and cost-effective regulation ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... attended by Bernanke tomorrow morning. She became favourite for the position after the other leading candidate, former Treasury secretary and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers, withdrew from consideration amid mounting opposition from Democrats ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... plummeted 75.54 (2.00 per cent) to 3,694.83. Investors also sold off short term bonds, sending the yield on the one month Treasury note to 0.31 per cent, its highest level since 2008, up from 0.15 per cent on Monday. That reflected growing nervousness ...

Impasse ends when Wall Street says stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... chief Christine Lagarde warned that a US failure to raise the ceiling could wreak havoc on the global economy, while the Treasury Department said a default could have a "catastrophic" effect on the economy. The comments likely raised the anxiety of some ...

Challenger CEO joins FSC board, AWI's Heap to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013