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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Westpac 20 cents higher at $34.10, ANZ 10 cents better off at $33.52 and NAB climbing 17 cents to $34.34. Shares in Washington H Soul Pattinson fell nine cents to $14.71, while Brickworks was up one cent to $14.22 after a tax ruling effectively ended ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... quick succession that Hockey has placed the Age Pension in his sights. In a speech he presented earlier this month in Washington, the Treasurer cited IMF recommendations for more countries to consider raising their pension ages, before hinting that this ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... their pension ages during a speech in 'The Global Age of Responsibility, Reinventing Bretton Woods Conference,' in Washington this week. Hockey's words reinvigorated the debate about the potential for lifting the pension age to 70. Commenting on this ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Australians who are unable to work longer. The statement follows a speech by Treasurer Joe Hockey during a conference in Washington. Hockey said that the number of retirees in Australia will double over the next few decades and referred to the International ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... major speech he presented this week to the 'The Global Age of Responsibility, Reinventing Bretton Woods Conference,' in Washington, the Treasurer said the number of retirees in Australia will double over the next few decades to nearly 7 million and to ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Sigma Pharmaceuticals is expected to post full year results while Washington H Soul Pattinson and Brickworks are slated to release first half results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday rose ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... new government, Europe and the United States were up in arms (errr, so to speak), decrying the referendum as illegal. Washington issued a statement declaring that the international community "will not recognize the results of a poll administered under ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... the US Northern Hemisphere spring to break before we know for sure. That's ok. At least, Wall Street and the Fed and Washington have something to point their fingers at in the meantime.A Wasn't me! It's the weather! Not so for Australia - the sun is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who warned that the US borrowing limit will be reached on Friday, renewing fears of a Washington stand-off and possible default. Tokyo dived 4.18 per cent, or 610.66 points on Tuesday, to 14,008.47. The losses leave the ...