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BRIC to BIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa, have increased significantly in the past year. Sarah Alexander, EMPA president, said, "Investors recognize that emerging economies are the only ones still growing, and they also know that, since private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... bonds. In company news, Sietel Ltd and Zylotech Ltd hold extraordinary general meetings. Business Council of Australia president Greig Gailey will address a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch. The Coal Seam Methane World Australia ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... than 100 years of car-making - GM was founded in 1898, Chrysler in 1925 - will be history. Following the decision, US President Barack Obama declared that GM and Chrysler "must produce plans that would give the American people confidence in their long-term ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... proposal said.' "The concepts we are considering would not increase total compensation," Brian Moynihan, Bank of America's president of investment banking and wealth management, wrote yesterday in a memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg News. "Rather ...

Fidelity Intl names head of insto

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... senior roles with MLC for over 11 years, including as senior portfolio manager for international equities and senior vice president of Capital National Alliance, a strategic alliance between MLC and Capital International. "Gary's commercial experience ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Gordon Brown's tit (no not the sexy one) -- a pen holder crafted from the timbers of the 19th century British warship HMS President - got Barack's tat -- 25 DVDs of American movie classics - in exchange. Got problems with your economy? Here watch a movie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... to a close of 806.34. With no major economic data on tap, the market was digesting gains from Monday's euphoria after President Barack Obama's administration announced a public-private sector program to help the ailing banking system recover from massive ...

Harrison leaves AIG Life

COMPANY RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Harrison has been managing director at AIG Life since 2006. The group has not announced his successor. Mark Wilson, AIA president, said AIG Life's underlying management would ensure the business continues to operate effectively. American International ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... it has been revealed where US taxpayers' money handed down to AIG is being spent, Main Street is not happy and even President popularity is showing signs of fraying. The Washington Post reports that hired security guards have been posted outside the ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... the few that did well despite the GFC, attracting around US$130 billion in investor funds last year. Michael Krause, president of AltaVistra Research, a firm that looks at the investment merits of ETFs, said the potential sale could be a window of opportunity ...