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Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... one's best interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even the bears. A fact highlighted by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde's weekend announcement that the IMF "has secured "commitments that are north of US$430 billion," doubling the Fund's ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... also added to the general sense of pessimism. The euro was supported by comments from International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and Japan Finance Minister Jun Azumi who both said the IMF would achieve its goal of raising enough cash for a firewall ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... the IMF to the rescue. And speaking of the IMF, it'll soon have bigger resources to fight the good fight. IMF chief Christine Lagarde expects the Fund to reach 'critical mass' this week in raising more than US$400 billion from contributing governments. ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Whose fault is it anyway? New Greens leader Christine Milne has barely warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... superannuation tax concessions, because significant changes should be made to make the system more equitable," acting leader Christine Milne said. "There are $30 billion worth of superannuation tax concessions per year. Almost half those tax breaks go ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... currently stands at 3.9 %. In an ominous warning to European policy makers, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde warned that unless the right course of action was taken, the world could slip into a "1930s moment", referencing ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... equity markets be selling big time? Especially with IMF top honcha (I guess this is the feminine version of honcho), Christine Lagarde, warning that the world is facing "a 1930s moment, in which inaction, insularity and rigid ideology combine to cause ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... in December, the biggest increase since December 2010. Output surged as companies bought more machines and materials. Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, said the fund was looking at ways to increase its capacity, partly to deal with Europe's ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... trade at $US1.3944, up from $US1.3894 Friday. European leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and IMF chief Christine Lagarde, on Sunday said "good progress" had been made in talks on the debt crisis that has threatened the world economy. ...

Westpac Group executive team changes

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... program. Peter will relinquish his current human resources responsibilities. "I am delighted to announce the appointment of Christine Parker to the position of group executive human resources & corporate affairs. Christine has extensive human resources ...