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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... act now." Not only must the debt ceiling be raised to avoid default, the letter read, but it must also address the "real problem" of a huge budget deficit, both current and long term. A downgrade from America's AAA rating would leave it behind six counties ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... overnight, with markets falling as US policy-makers continue to search for a resolution of the country's immediate debt problem. At 0728 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was 22 points higher, however, at 4,535. In economics ...

UK should raise state pension age to 70: PwC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... age to 70 as part of measures to curb public debt, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). With the globally familiar problem of an ageing population, the UK's public debt would reach 90% of GDP by 2050 if existing policies were maintained, said PwC ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... said. "They think it's in the pension phase... and that's tax exempt." Busoli said real estate would cause the biggest problem as it was difficult to sell it and buy it back into the fund, unlike other investments such as shares and managed funds. Busoli ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
What a drama 'ey? You know what I'm talking about. The drama that is the 'off-again-on-again' deal on the US debt ceiling and the 'it'll be bailed, no it won't' Greek tragedy. Yes, those ones. The ones that sent risk assets up, then down, then up again ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... credit lines to struggling countries. These are just some of the salient points of the deal. Overall it's a good deal. The problem is it's still on paper. European leaders still have to sell the deal to their respective constituents. And the deal is ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... had a balance of trade of just one minute - which then had to be audited. In his speech, Russell also revealed a serious problem for interstate super fund mergers: stamp duty legislation. Different states have different rules, which can trigger stamp ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/what-happens-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised/ Least ugly sister. If it wasn't for Europe having its own debt problem - and Japan's credit rating already downgraded by Standard & Poor's last January (Moody's ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... spectacular step...It's entirely about creating a controlled, composed process of gradual steps and measures." And that's the problem - European leaders must first agree on what these "gradual steps and measures" will be.