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Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... because demand for their goods and services are falling. Consumers do not want to borrow because of fear of losing their jobs and hence, the means to pay for free money. And even if businesses and consumers wanted to, borrowing has become more difficult ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... plunge. Government Treasuries and major Central Banks flood the system with liquidity. Economies contract, workers lose their jobs, businesses lose sales, businesses shut. Economies contract some more, government treasuries and central banks inject liquidity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... on Monday, with high tech shares such as Advantest Corp down on profit-taking as trade thinned on investor fears about US jobs data due out later this week. The benchmark Nikkei fell 115.05 points, or 1.35 per cent, to 8,397.22. HONG KONG - The benchmark ...

Nominations open for inaugural ACSA awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... has been able to make a difference through the contribution of experienced practitioners who take time out from their day jobs to give something back. The new awards are designed to recognise this sort of practical contribution," he said. ACSA members ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... executive of InvestmentLink, the parent company of SuperChoice. The number will continue to rise as job cuts and people switching jobs also rise in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Philip said it is estimated that up to 35 per cent of working ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... littering financial institutions' balance sheets and fouling their bottom lines. Thank you for the numerous bail-outs, some jobs still remain. Thank you that equities have only lost about half their value this year, they could have lost more. Thank you ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... tech funds are showing signs of improved performance while reducing carbon emissions and energy and water use, and creating jobs, said the fund. CalPERS' partners conservation measures include the installation of low-flow or sensor-operated fixtures ...

Time to acknowledge the best: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... supports the construction and building industry by investing back into the sector which helps boost the economy and create jobs.

Value of advice winners unveilled

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... protection categories. "I truly do believe in the value of advice and the difference it makes to clients, and there are not many jobs out there that you can go home at the end of the day and say I've really help someone today'," said Bull. "[Our clients] ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... has some ways to go as corporations continue to clean their balance sheets. In this process of cleansing and deleveraging, jobs are lost and demand weakens and assets are sold at bargains, putting further downward pressure on prices. The Japanese experience ...