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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor had signalled their support for President Barack Obama's plan to attack Syria was weighing on market sentiment "That's the main reason our market is lower today," he ...

Future Fund MD Burgess to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Managing director of the Future Fund and president of the Future Fund Management Agency Mark Burgess is set to leave the organisation. The Future Fund did not confirm when Burgess will depart but said he will remain in his role for the time being to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor had signalled their support for President Barack Obama's plan to attack Syria was weighing on market sentiment "That's the main reason our market is lower today," he ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Monday for a holiday, but stocks cooled considerably after Republican House Speaker John Boehner at mid-session backed President Barack Obama's call for military action against Syria. LONDON - European stocks fell in choppy trade as a US-Israeli missile ...

Legalsuper board addition further corrects gender imbalance

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Industry fund legalsuper has appointed the incoming Law Society of New South Wales president as the latest director on its board. The new appointee Ros Everett is the founding principal of law firm Everett Evans and is currently senior vice president ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... include a withdrawal of $5.3 billion from the superannuation system - would hit low-income earners the hardest. AIST president and WIS chair Cate Wood said the savings were "false economy", as they would result in increased expenditure on the Age Pension ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Who said that war was good for absolutely nothing! But nah, no Virginia...not according to Reuters.A Instead, Syrian president - and chemist -- Bashar al-Assad - has done the world a favour.A He, along with the many other emerging problems -- see "Problems ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Weeks..." (Reuters).A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Bloomberg). This because Uncle Sam's going to Syria to whip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's behind.A Whip it!A Whip it good, I say.A Send the monster to meet his maker.A Nah, a quick demise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Secretary of State John Kerry's comments that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was a "moral obscenity" and that President Barack Obama would demand accountability for the attacks. CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said US stocks had been doing ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and Irene know what war is good for, don't we?A Absolutely nothing! Not ...