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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... measures to stem the eurozone crisis. Falls in tech stocks ruled the day as the US Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the Obama administration's controversial health care law had little overall effect on trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... borne by the rest of the population in the form of higher taxes. Britain is not alone in re-assessing incentives with the Obama administration also questioning revenue impact amid moves to limit the amount of giving that can be deducted from taxable ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... gather enough revenue to balance their budgets and reduce their debts. News reports out over the weekend say that Michelle Obama threatened to divorce Barack in 2000 because he ignored her advice about his political career. Oh sorry, wrong report. Take ...

Gensler to depart T. Rowe Price

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... arbitrage department. He is twin brother to the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama, Gary Gensler.

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... the People's Bank of China and other Asian central banks, among others, implement more stimulus measures. We've seen the Obama administration sign into law a bill that extends a payroll-tax cut through to the end of 2012, prolongs extended unemployment ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... Wen announce this reduced growth target and decreased dependence on exports now? Could it be in response to US President Obama's "insourcing" speech last month? For when America starts making noises about jobs and business activity at home, China's cheap ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... money policy still not enough to convince you? Then what about if we throw in fiscal policy. You know the one. The one Pres Obama signed into law last week. The one that extends a payroll-tax cut through the end of 2012, prolongs extended unemployment ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... are still in jobless queue can count on Uncle Sam's "just extended" largesse. MarketWatch reports that "President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Wednesday that extends a payroll-tax cut through the end of 2012, prolongs extended unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... including the country's four largest lenders, following their downgrade of Spain last month. WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is selling a $US3.8 trillion ($A3.57 trillion) election-year budget - a spending outline designed to cut $US4 trillion ...