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Eslake leaves ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... in the boardrooms of some of the regions largest companies but by the man of the street and government officials and ministers alike," he said. Prior to joining ANZ in 2005, Hogan worked as chief economist and head of interest rate product research at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks dived amid recovery worries fueled by comments from the Group of Eight finance ministers, and profit-taking led by a commodities sell-off. Members of the G8 indicated they are looking to unwind their massive economic ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... trigger, it took only two days for Prime Minister Rudd to announce changes so sweeping that today twenty government ministers were required at Government House to be sworn into their new or revised portfolios. Bowen's promotion is doubly significant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... economic indicator came with factory orders posting a large increase in February. The market's advance came as the G20 ministers devised plans to give more than $US1 trillion ($A1.4 trillion) to the International Monetary Fund and other institutions ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... should have been were it not for the sudden resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa resigned over allegations he was intoxicated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... as Sony Corp climbed on a softer yen and investors adjusted positions before the outcome of a Group of Eight finance ministers' meeting. The Nikkei ended the day up 85.13 points at 13,973.73. HONG KONG - Shares closed 1.87 per cent lower as brokers took ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... government only made matters worse and further isolated their advocacy. Against this the response of the government Ministers says it all. "The people that I'll speak for are the up to two million people who've been hit by this unfair surcharge over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... last week. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket shed 1.45 per cent in a poor day featuring the veto by government ministers of the Canadian bid to buy a stake in Auckland Airport. The NZSX-50 was down 51.17 points, or 1.45, to 3488.84 on turnover ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... that other asset sales may help us fight inflation then we better lock down what's left in the closet that former Prime Ministers Keating and Howard didn't flog off. While the MLC report is upbeat about how our economy and stock markets could still out-perform ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... in Australia's history complete with full dress rehearsals. APEC has come a long way since 1989 when Bob Hawke and 11 ministers were shacked up in Canberra's Hyatt, taking a break to hear 30/1 long shot Tawrrific win the Melbourne Cup. It would be interesting ...