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Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... despite the current bout of palpitations in the financial markets because of the game of chickens again being played in Washington, America will eventually jump over the cliff. It's not fooling me a second time. This, I say because if you look at the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... The yen remained elevated after Barack Obama's re-election as US president stoked concerns of political gridlock in Washington with a "fiscal cliff" approaching that could tip the country back into recession. But Chinese data on Friday showing inflation ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... reach" (he was talking about the looming cliff in the context of last July's compromise)... the only thing holding Washington back from a meaningful step toward reducing debt and modernizing government isn't any single policy dilemma, but rather the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... drama will unfold and that President Barack Obama's re-election has raised the spectre of a bitter fiscal stand-off in Washington. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed down by 0.27 per cent at 5,776.05 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gave up 0.39 ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... the regulations. Following the submissions, John Brogden briefed US Treasury and gave evidence to an IRS hearing in Washington. The US government has announced its intention to form intergovernmental agreements with Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Japan ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... markets, while growing confidence in the global outlook kept the safe-haven yen under pressure. The latest statistics from Washington follow data out of Asia earlier on Thursday that showed manufacturing slowly picking up, with China seeming to have ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... since January 2009 when the Big O first sat on that chair in the Oval Office at the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Good labour market news just a month before his bid for a second term? Hmmm. Conspiracy or not, the details of the payrolls ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Making news on Thursday, brick and tile maker Brickworks posted a 70 per cent fall in full year profit to $43.3 million. Washington H Soul Pattinson (WHSP), which owns 44.5 per cent of Brickworks plus a major stake on coal miner New Hope, posted a 60 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Thursday, The Reserve Bank of Australia releases its annual report. In equities news, retailer Kathmandu, investment firm Washington H Soul Pattinson, and Brickworks release their full year results. NEW YORK - US stocks scored small gains as investors ...