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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... and was down two. Since then, the S&P 500 increased by a meagre 1.7 per cent - not exactly something you'll write to your mother about. So now we have "experts" coming out of the woodworks expressing their critiques on why QE2 would be inutile. Of course ...

PAS supports Paceline

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... the Rural Fire Service and the Future2 Foundation while AIST and Women in Super were the silver sponsor of the Canberra Mother's Day Classic supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation's research programs.

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
"War! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... 3.8 per cent on the week by the way. "She comes with the light." Oh yeah, oh yeah. The US non-farm payrolls report - "the mother of all economic stats" - brought in the light with figures enough to put reasonable doubt into those willing the US economy ...

Women in Super help raise $2.1m for breast cancer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... country helped raise $2.1 million for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer in this year's Women in Super Mother's Day Classic. A record number of 100,000 people took part in the 2010 national fun run/walk and raised the highest amount ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... preferred measure of inflation. Duh! Of course, the RBA prefers this... it gave birth to this measure. It'll be like my mother fancying the neighbours child instead of me otherwise. But back to the point. Again I ask has central banking been reduced ...

Westpac gives employees 12 months super pay

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
Westpac has unveilled plans to pay superannuation on unpaid parental leave for all permanent employees, starting next month. In a press statement released today, the bank announced it would pay up to 39 weeks in employee super contributions, in addition ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... non-farm payrolls report. This indicator had always been 'the' major economic indicator for America - it is not called "the mother of all economic statistics" for nothing. But this month's payrolls report for May is a very special one because of its ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... European authorities will do all it can to contain the crisis -- simply because it's in its best interest to do so. With this "mother of all bailouts" Europe has bought time to get its economic house in order. From now on, speculators would think twice ...

IFSA calls for super in parental leave

IFSA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) is calling on the government to include superannuation in any parental paid leave scheme after research found Australian mothers typically accumulate much less retirement savings than men. Research ...