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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will not, meet its deficit target ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,020. In economic news on Friday, the federal government releases its final budget outcome. Lower than expected tax receipts from wages and companies is set to cut $2 billion in revenue from the 2010/11 federal ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... investment models. This extra income has been crucial to the fund's sponsor because one-third of Harvard University's operating budget is paid for by fund distributions. Fund distributions also contribute to the university's research and student aid ...

Global forecast downgraded, Australia strong

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Australia's strong economic position. "Australia has strong public finances, low debt and has a clear plan to return the budget to surplus in 2012-13, well ahead of all major advanced economies," said Swan.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB), to hammer out a response to serious slippage from agreed budget targets. Markets were increasingly expecting Greece to default on its debt. Bond prices rose. The 10-year Treasury bond ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... How? How? How? That's why last week's breaking news from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that, "Greece is likely to miss its budget-deficit targets this year," is hardly surprising. According to the WSJ, the country's budget deficit will exceed 8.5% of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... historic low levels. Borrowing prices fell for France as well. Greece announced on Sunday 2 billion euros ($A2.62 billion) in budget cuts demanded by the EU and the IMF to unlock more funds under its 110-billion euro rescue package to avoid a default. ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Wong. Minister Wong further said that the timing of the sale of these assets is a matter for the Future Fund and that the budget papers simply reflect the assets the Future Fund plans to hold going forward. "Any funds raised from the sale of non-financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... eurozone, hours after resigning abruptly on Friday. ATHENS - Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has announced new budget cuts totalling around 2 billion euros ($A2.64 billion) as demanded by the European Union and the IMF in exchange for a rescue ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... make him gun-shy, by proposing a jobs stimulus package that is nearly as big as the entire Australian commonwealth annual budget. Adjusted for relative population size, president Obama's US$300 billion jobs package would be equivalent to prime minister ...