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Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... livelihood and their lives. The downing of Malaysian Airline flight MH17 might push that turns into shove that prompts NATO to sanction a military intervention in the Ukraine. But Israel waits not for NATO. It has reportedly sent ground troops and tanks ...

Cbus defends member contact sharing policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... of outstanding super contributions, and therefore fell under this policy. However, the fund added: "The Fund does not sanction the release of members' personal information for any other purpose than in accordance with its policies and takes very seriously ...

BNP Paribas board approves $9bn fine

AFP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... has until December 31 to find a replacement solution - a bank that agrees to make dollar payments on its behalf. The sanction concerns highly lucrative activities in the oil and gas market, also at the heart of the case against BNP. A banking source ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
"...I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So don't stop me now don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time." - "Don't stop me now", Queen We've ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian share market is again higher, continuing the gains of the last seven consecutive trading days. Overseas markets were mostly higher, led by strong rises in the US and Germany. Positive sentiment was boosted by the fact that sanctions imposed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher as investors absorb new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,554.0. Locally, no major ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to follow through with its amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, despite putting the changes on hold last week. Speaking at an event hosted by the Financial Services Council, Parliamentary ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The timing may be varied - as early as 2027 and not until 2050 - but there was almost universal consensus that their grouping would eventually supplant the Group of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...