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Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... of three trade union and two defence representatives. The remaining five representatives will be chosen by the finance minister. "The veteran community have made numerous representations to me with concerns about the Governance of Australian Superannuation ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... in Europe as well. Didn't we say, sorry I say before that Europe would not allow Greece to fail? Here's French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's statement on radio Europe 1: "I have no doubts that Greece will succeed in refinancing itself through ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...

New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... The measures, expected to be rolled out in 2011, should boost systemic efficiency and social equity, they said. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the new laws, referred to as the Direct Tax Code, will be a significant enhancement over India's current ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
A summit to have another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... Woodside are helping to pull things up, as well as recovery in Rio." Also in the news pushing resources and energy, Finance minister Lindsay Tanner expects the federal government will give its final tick of approval to the massive $50 billion Gorgon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after significant falls on Wall Street and in Europe as profit-taking hit commodity-based stocks. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 58 points lower ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... (the UK no different). Japan - the second biggest creditor - though, still keeps the faith. Heard from Japanese Finance Minister Yosano, "We have complete trust in the fact that the US views its strong-dollar policy as fundamental. So our trust in US ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... than 4 per cent while the FTSE-100 gained 3.4 per cent over the week. This despite Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Alistair Darling admitting that his country's recession is "worse than we thought" and that he thinks the first quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... a 12-year low on fears about financial system stability. Investors mostly shrugged off a comment from Japan's finance minister that the government is studying measures to support the stock market, as the Nikkei briefly touched 7,155.16 -- not far from ...