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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... testimony before the House Oversight Committee through to the IMF and the OECD raising their global growth outlook. Yes Virginia, seek and you will find. There will always be something to explain the market's daily gyrations. It doesn't matter that you're ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... per cent to 7.2 per cent encouraged by its economy's quick response to the 4 trillion billion yuan fiscal stimulus. Yes Virginia, we've seen the worst. But this is not to say that the road ahead would be flat and smooth. There'll be times just like what ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... consequences if the government doesn't cough up the dough. The US government blinked and paid a handsome ransom. Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as a free lunch. I have lost tracked of the total amount of taxpayers' hard-earned money thrown at AIG. ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... when it decided to sit on its hands on the very day that the global equity markets suffered another anxiety attack. Yes Virginia, the RBA did nothing. That is nothing on interest rates but it surely did something more important - it shored up market ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Opposition's delaying tactics. For you, your dog, my dog and I know that eventually the package will be legislated. Yes Virginia, most of the December 08 handouts were spent. The ABS reported that retail sales leaped - yes leaped, not increased - by ...