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It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Rep) also made known that he was "more optimistic" that congressional negotiators and President Barack Obama are "very close" to a deal. Moody's Investors Service -- that omnipotent arbiter of all things involving debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... limit by $US1 trillion ($A925 billion). The plan would require the debt issue to be voted on again next year, something President Barack Obama does not want. The stalemate over raising the US's borrowing limit has rattled investors. If an agreement is ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
US pension funds have issued a rallying call to President Barack Obama and Members of Congress to act immediately on US debt or risk long term damage to the country's retirement savings. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) released ...

Super software given extra accounting grunt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... automate many manual and routine tasks that affect those establishing, administrating and advising SMSFs. Russell Evans, President of Wolters Kluwer, said given the complexity of the superannuation industry they were very excited about the strategic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... higher at 4,538 points, on a volume of 19,823 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said an address by US President Barack Obama on the US debt-ceiling deadlock had failed to register on the local market. The deadlock sent US stocks tumbling ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... will develop Morningstar's fund research business in the Asia-Pacific region and will report jointly to Don Phillips, president, fund research at Morningstar, Inc and Anthony Serhan, chief executive, Morningstar Australasia. "Grant is a respected member ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian Council of Trade Unions president, Ged Kearney, has voiced her support for a higher super guarantee and urged women in the super industry to maintain the fight for equal rights and to demand more action from government figures. Speaking ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... to the final buzzer, we all know that the final call would be "deal!" The New York Times reported last night that US President Obama (Democrat) and House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) were nearing a "major budget deal." Hooray! Until it runs into ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... now. Or it might be because except for a few 'old timers', no one has ever experienced an American default. Not even US President Barack Obama. He was not even conceived when the last one happened. According to the New York Times, the US defaulted back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... while solid company results bolstered investor confidence. Dealers said sharp gains overnight on Wall Street after US President Barack Obama welcomed a major bi-partisan deal on tackling the public deficit drove Asia higher and set up Europe to build ...