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Aust Post streamlines Super payments for SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Australia Post is about to become the country's first retail network to accept superannuation payments from small businesses (SMEs) for all staff. Available in more than 3,200 post offices Australia-wide, the new Australia Post service is expected to ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... look up in China. Tthe National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported that the country's manufacturing PMI increased to 50.6 last month - the highest level in seven months - thanks to stronger exports and new ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... while everybody and his uncle's dog continue to worry about the cliff and persistent economic malady in Europe, one Asian country is going its own merry way. No, it's not China - although economic indicators have been improving there too. That Asian ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... and no deal along the way. Now for Greece, sometime ago I penned on this column that "bankruptcy could be bliss" for the country. I still subscribe to that idea but methinks the troika (and Germany) is gonna prove me wrong - they're now heading towards ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... as investors cautiously welcomed a bailout deal for Greece that eased fears over a bankruptcy for the indebted eurozone country. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rose 0.22 per cent to close at 5799.71 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.55 ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... equity space in the Phillippines, for example, where there are a vast number of companies with the potential to be the country or regional market leaders of the future."

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... financial institutions, and a mass of corporate bankruptcies," he said. According to UBS estimates, the economy of an exiting country could contract by as much as 50% in the first year alone. Furthermore, the effect of contagion could see the far stronger ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... time 31.1% No opinion 16.2% 6. What will happen to the Eurozone? The Eurozone will stay intact 35.4% Greece but no other country will be ejected 23.2% The Eurozone will shrink to a core of creditor nations (Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Japanese shares closed at a six-month high as the yen weakened further against the dollar and euro on expectations the country's central bank will unveil fresh monetary easing measures. Tokyo soared 1.56 per cent, or 144.28 points, to 9,366.80 to finish ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... CAC 40 index shook off early lows and rallied to close 0.65 per cent higher at 3462.06 points even as Moody's cut the country's bond rating by one notch to AA1, citing structural weaknesses in the French economy, slow reform, and French exposure to troubled ...