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Church ministers urged to save

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Church ministers and pastors across Australia will receive advice on planning for retirement as Christian Super runs regular 'boot camps' following its New South Wales event this month. The $552 million fund gave presentations to nineteen Church of ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... assistance, with government officials stating that the country's funding needs had already been met until mid 2011. "Ministers welcome the request of the Irish Government for financial assistance from the European Union and Euro-area member states...providing ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... joined in on the holidays. At least, there was some action there unlike what happened over the weekend when the G-7 Ministers met in Washington for the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting. It was supposed to be a very important meeting where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from key indices overnight, although commodities markets were stronger, with precious metals, copper and oil all rising. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... approved bailout funds for Greece. Germany's government also approved bailout assistance while European Union finance ministers agreed on a euro750 billion ($A1.08 trillion) EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone countries. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... as confidence grew after the briefly rose above 11,000 for the first time in 18 months. News that euro zone finance ministers approved a giant 30 billion euro ($40 billion) emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday was another supportive ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... this occurred, the matter was disclosed to governing and regulatory bodies including the Australian Federal Police, the Ministers of Finance and Administration, the Auditor General, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and ASIC. "It's a matter ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... thrills and spills of the Greek tragedy unfold before their very eyes. Reports last night tell a story of European finance ministers giving a one-month lifeline - 16 March 2010 - to prepare more budget measures if it fails to make sufficient progress ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... 0.3 per cent, to 2,183.53. LONDON - European stock exchanges inched ahead on Monday in cautious trading as eurozone ministers held talks that investors hope will yield concrete measures to help Greece overcome its financial crisis. In Brussels, pressure ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 and April 2009 - ...