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D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... spending cuts and measures to cap government spending and indelibly ink a 'balanced budget' proviso into the Constitution. President Obama doesn't - he's already promised to veto this. Yak, yak, yak. Yes, Republicans and Democrats will continue to do ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Moody's made a similar warning on Wednesday. Even so, there has been little visible progress in negotiations between President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans. The Standard and Poor's 500 stock index finished with a gain of 7.27, or 0.6 per ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... run out of funds by August 2. If a decision is not made, it will no longer be able to raise funds to pay its bills. US President Barack Obama has been locked in tense negotiations over the issue, walking out of yesterday's deficit meeting at the White ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... as 164 points, or 1.3 per cent. Most of those gains evaporated later in the day after Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said in a speech that the Fed had already "pressed the limits of monetary policy." The Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Mentoring opportunity for women in finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... far outweigh the time and investment with mentors (including men) choosing to participate again," said Ha-Dieu Ford, president of Women in Finance (Vic). Applications close on July 11 for the 2011 "Navigating for Success" Mentoring Program for women ...

PIF Action Group lands Federal Court win

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... have been a tactic to stem the investor action to remove Wellington as managers of the Fund," said Charles Hodges, vice president for PIFAG, who was pleased with the result but expects the case to continue. "After agreeing to have all proxies counted ...

Macq expands retail sectors with new appt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... outcomes and providing a new focus for marketing efforts. Previous experience includes chief marketing officer for Foxtel, president Asia Pacific for Readers Digest and senior management roles with Gateway, Vodafone and American Express.

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... which have a high likelihood of stabilizing debt service requirements at manageable levels," says Sarah Carlson, Vice President-Senior Analyst in Moody's Sovereign Risk Group and lead analyst for Greece. "Nevertheless, the macroeconomic and implementation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... 0.30 per cent, to 1,271.50 points. Markets rallied in early trading, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift action on a new Greek rescue package, but momentum faded later in the day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Adviser Services, and has been a financial adviser for 38 years. During this time, Seccombe was chairman of directors and president of the AFA Queensland, a life member of the International Million Dollar Round Table (USA) and achieved 28 years of membership ...