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Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... report predicting gloom and doom for the Australian economy. A quick googling on the web revealed that in an interview with the ABC's Alexandra Kirk less than three months ago - 24 October 2008 -, Chris Richardson, director of Access Economics, replied ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... equities. "There is ongoing concern about company earnings," Mr Russell said. "The impact of a few corporate disasters like ABC Learning and Allco are still weighing on the market." Mining giant BHP Billiton fell 42 cents, or 1.46 per cent, to $28.38 ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... better [than the benchmark], when [it] is being driven by companies like Babcock and Brown, Centro Properties, Credit Corp and ABC Learning, which don't meet your governance or investment criteria." Some time ago, Fiani sold its GPT Group shares after ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... personally think it has to happen, there's no alternative. On principle I don't like it. But I think it has to happen," he told ABC reporters yesterday. To negotiate the political and legislative impasse, momentum is growing that Paulson will have to ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... mechanism to stimulate Australia's de-carbonisation. Earlier this week, Senator Penny Wong, minister for climate change, told the ABC that the Federal Government is open to alternatives to a cap and trade emissions scheme, such as a carbon tax, if evidence ...

ETS is upside down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... gas output, it should penalise emissions consumption not its production. Geoff Carmody, founder of Access Economics, told ABC Radio in Canberra this morning that penalising only the businesses that produce emissions will simply drive us to buy cheaper ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... $41.87, while takeover target Rio Tinto was 12 cents lower at $126.38. In other local news, struggling childcare operator ABC Learning Centres said it still could not release its full-year results. "The work currently being performed to finalise the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... Infrastructure Fund and Billabong International. Interim results are due from Caltex Australia Ltd. The market awaits a statement from ABC Learning, which yesterday requested a trading halt on its shares pending an announcement. Yesterday, the Australian ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... Securities-Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge. TD Securities senior strategist Joshua Williamson however told the ABC that he supports the Reserve's view that inflation will climb down from the mountain. Perhaps ironically, the monetary savior ...