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Zurich updates Life Risk product

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... 75% when taking time off work for pregnancy or after the birth or adoption of a child. "For those struggling on a tight budget, it's a great way to ensure the cover is retained into the future rather then giving it away totally," said Fabris. The Zurich ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... What happens next is it gets only a small chunk of it, which for the most part would go into plugging the deficit in its budget. Here's CNBC's take: "The vast majority of the funds in the 130-billion-euro programme will be used to finance the bond swap ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... being flawed is that money deposited into it comes from money that has been diverted from other parts of the government budget and that money could be better spent building desperately needed income producing national infrastructure, cutting taxes or ...

AustralianSuper creates Asian footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... covering the Chinese economy for the Australian Office of National Assessments and as senior adviser on macroeconomic and budget policy to the Treasurer. Joske has also represented the Australian Treasury at APEC and OECD meetings.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... bloc had demanded that Greece's finance minister come to Brussels with an extra 325 million euros ($A400.67 million) in budget cuts and written pledges from politicians to implement EU-ordered austerity measures. Tokyo's benchmark index soared 2.30 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... agree to bail out the debt-stricken country. They are also seeking an additional 325 billion euros ($A400.67 billion) in budget cuts from Greece. Nomura head of foreign exchange Kurt Magnus said the decision to delay the meeting saw the Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... 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 from the deficit in 10 years through spending restraints and higher taxes ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... supposed to focus on creating jobs and growth, with leaders looking to shift the narrative away from politically unpopular budget austerity. The summit is expected to announce that up to 20 billion euros of unused funds from the EU's 2007-2013 budget ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... implemented. And what have they got to show for it? Nada, zilch! In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, "Greece's budget deficit for the first nine months of 2011 widened 15.1% from a year earlier, as revenues continued to fall despite the government's ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... do nothing to ease the growing gap between the rich and poor," said the Senator. "Tax breaks on superannuation cost the budget $30 billion a year, as Treasury's latest Tax Expenditure Statement [released 31/1/2012] showed, with almost half of the concessions ...