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The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Instead we celebrated and popped bloody good reds. Thank you your Majesty! 'Twas a bit calmer overnight. There were more greens than reds on my equity market monitor - as it should be. I don't know about you but last Friday's "scare" was apparently triggered ...

Oakeshott won't back FOFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... they are still confident they will be able to negotiate the legislation. Meanwhile another government aligned independent, Greens' Adam Bandt, said he needs to see the detail around the opt-in. If parliamentary negotaitions can't get past opt-in, the ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... of power in the Government would change. The Senate would move from Coalition to Labor control with the support of the Greens, he said. But the House of Representatives would be in the hands of the independents. "The Coalition together with Tony Crook ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... export earning powerhouse of Western Australia doing the same in 2008. The federal government, in co-operation with the Greens, will nonetheless take control of the Senate on 1 July, ensuring smooth passage of the Budget and other reforms such as the ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... cut Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk. There's political uncertainty, nay unrest is a better word, in Ireland. The Greens Party has pulled out of government, leaving the Fiana Fail Party two seats short of majority. This will delay the passage ...

ACCC gives go ahead to SGX-ASX deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... in terms of the national interest. Politicians from both sides of the aisle have already been critical of the deal, with Greens leader Bob Brown going so far as to condemn the transaction on the basis of Singapore's human rights record. Nothing stirs ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Everything's turning up daisies one more time. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Hate to say this but... didn't I tell you it would? That the Irish problem, like Greece's and Dubai's, would go away - or at least relegated till the next European debt scare when financial ...

Fees on SG super should be cost-recovery: IPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... economic deadweight on super savings than direct fund fees. Davidson's comments are strikingly similar to the Coalition's and Greens' call for banks to enter a social contract with the nation. "While some compulsion might be socially beneficial, it should ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Gimme, gimme. This was the financial markets' almost universal clamour just a few weeks ago before the Fed handed down QE2. They wanted it... and so desperately. Heck, some even wanted more than the US$600 billion Big Ben handed out. But that was a ...