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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed one per cent higher as the military overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi boosted the price of crude oil and shares in energy companies. The strong gains ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... yields and the cost of insuring against default in the peripheral countries spiked. The ghost of the Arab Spring. Egypt's military has removed President Mohamed Mursi after he refused to step down. The military also suspended the constitution and called ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... territory in early afternoon as fresh clashes left several dead in Cairo and the government faced an ultimatum from the military. Oil prices also moved higher on fears the Egypt crisis could disrupt oil supplies. A new round of worries also erupted over ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... after a disappointing batch of Chinese growth figures, with traders keeping a close eye on the Korean peninsula, where military tensions are high. A pick-up in the yen on Monday dragged on Japan's Nikkei after the US warned Tokyo to avoid competitive ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... news... "China, Japan on the brink" reports theage.com.au. "Chinese warships have pointed missile radars at Japanese military targets and taken the two regional powers to the brink of "a dangerous situation", say Japanese officials. Yup, it's war! War ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... the main unknowns in the lead up to the change of power was whether or not Hu Jintao would remain as chairman of the military committee. Instead Xi Jinping was announced as chairman, which BlackRock said signaled a consolidation of power around Xi Jinping ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... cycling its way across its members. So it couldn't be these that are spooking markets. Perhaps it's the renewed violent military hostilities between Israel and Palestine? That's' a new one... not on the radar, totally unexpected. But the Jews and the ...

Senior members announced to Industry Super Network board

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... chair of the board for Industry SuperFund Cbus. Collins has had a varied career as a company director, parliamentarian, military and naval reserve officer, barrister and ABC journalist. He currently holds a number of directorships with both public and ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... super tax incentives. In an interview with a national broadsheet, Sherry said closing down DB schemes for judges and military personnel and aligning public and private sector employer contributions, including for future MPs, would be a better source ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...