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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 ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... Volcker Rule that they fear could weaken trading volumes for their sovereign bonds. The Volcker Rule was introduced by the Obama administration following the Global Financial Crisis to prevent investment banks trading on their account and owning, investing ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... in 2008-09." Deloitte Access Economics may have been sucked in again -- just as it was in 2008. A day before US President Obama's inauguration, Access Economics released its December 2008 quarter Business Outlook. The press quoted the report as saying ...