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Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Farmers may at last be in the box seat with even the IMF now warning about a world food shortage, but rather than complaining about high food prices a better solution might be paying farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage ...

CSRF puts faith in the ballot box

The upcoming Member Director election of the Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) drew eight nominations this year, including one from a retiree with no previous trust directorship experience. CSRF is a rarity in the super fund sector ...

JV eases Opes Prime woes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
MDS Financial Group and Box Red have purchased the operating systems and client base of online brokering service, Trader Dealer, severing ties between the online stockbroker and Opes Prime. The purchase enables Trader Dealer to provide "execution only ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

... diverting the money into superannuation savings. "Each individual Australian taxpayer should be allowed to tick an opt out box for the tax cut, and choose instead to have it delivered into their superannuation savings," he said. "The current 9 per cent ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

Financial services companies need to change their perception around outsourcing IT functions overseas, according to a panel of IT experts at yesterday's Future of Banking and Financial Services technology conference. Derek Goh, executive general manager ...

Through the looking Glass Onion

... impression that the client is interacting with a real person online because once they type in their questions in the search box, Lisa's character is equipped with a set of dialogue to respond to frequently asked questions. As a personal touch, her character ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The APEC party is getting under way but unless you're one of the 21 world leaders or part of the entourage, don't expect an invite. Organisers have for months been sending out not-so-subtle hints for locals to stay away or better still just leave town ...

GMO small caps downgraded by Morningstar

... that the main concern is that Cappetta and Corr were 10-year veterans of the house. "While stockpicking may well be black-box dependant, senior staff members are still critical in the construction and maintenance of the models, and all their knowledge ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... results this morning, with the company reporting a 22 per cent rise in annual profit on the back of strong takings at the box office and higher pay television earnings. The global media and entertainment giant posted a full year net profit of $US3.43 ...