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Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... they got off the hook lightly or simply, they just got off the hook, period; 5. The US dollar remains a safe-haven. Please sir, let some good could come out of this? "I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times..."

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... threat - anytime soon to attract foreign capital into American shores without risking further contraction in the economy. Oh no sir! Not while jobless Americans are still growing in number. Tourists could indeed find themselves computing their spending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... and Pacific Brands Ltd. Lihir Gold Ltd and Sino Gold Mining Ltd report first half results. Infrastructure Australia chairman Sir Rod Eddington will address the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Melbourne. On Tuesday, the Australian share market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... Index rose 249.01, or 1.51 per cent, at 16,790.7. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket put some runs on the board, with Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group among the best performers. The NZSX-50 index closed up 14.78 points, or 0.53 per cent ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Shareholder empowerment and better governance will mark the dawning of a new era in super fund management when the GFC passes, according to Hermes Equity Ownership Services. Colin Melvin, chief executive of the world renowned Hermes Equity Ownership ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Westpac dipped ten cents to $19.20. ANZ was seven cents lower at $15.61, after announcing four new board appointments, including Sir Rod Eddington to replace Charles Goode as chairman.

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... rescue packages and extending their alms to include other business concerns. And like Oliver Twist they are asked, "Please sir, I want some more." And they shall have it. The US Federal Reserve started its two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... Australia releases the minutes of its April board meeting this morning, and Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens delivers the Sir Leslie Melville lecture at the Australian National University in Canberra on the subject of the RBA as lender of last resort. ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Rules surrounding short selling in Australia look set to undergo a major overhaul following revelation that the crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... direct and portfolio investment." "India is a right place for development," he added, rejecting controversial comments by Sir Richard Branson this week that India was a closed economy unwilling to open its doors to foreign companies. This inward investment ...