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Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... What happens in Rome stays in Rome. Or so it should have been were it not for the sudden resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... showing how they can be made viable after receiving $US13.4 billion ($A20.63 billion) in emergency aid. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Tuesday that he would resign after passing the budget for next fiscal year, following criticism ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... of 113.64 euros last Friday. The yen's appreciation has been so sharp in recent days that it prompted Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi to request the G7 to intervene if necessary. The G7 issued a statement saying that, 'We are concerned about the recent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... Co Ltd and Helix Resources Ltd. The Financial Services Symposium begins in Melbourne, with speakers including finance minister Lindsay Tanner. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed at a fresh three-year low, plummeting five per cent as the continuing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... Europe's main stock markets closed lower on Monday, with the London market undermined by comments by Britain's finance minister that the country faced a severe economic downturn. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares fell 33.8 points, or 0.60 per cent ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... will be used to compensate investors for any fraudulent behaviour or contract breach. In the financial sector, Finance Minister Amos Kimunya said the government would give the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) more power to deal with inflation, which stood ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... that economy is 'deteriorating' increasing the likelihood of a technical recession. Newly appointed Japanese Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki stressed that he saw a danger of 'cost-push stagflation' in Japan, and conceded that monetary policy options were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong performance on Wall Street on Friday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 54 points at 5,422. Today, the Australian Office of Financial ...

Norway revises pension investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... real estate is expected to improve risk diversification and enhance returns," said Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian finance minister. In addition, The Pension Fund - Global's exposure to emerging markets will be broadened to include "second tier" emerging ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... is prompting the Indian government to consider a ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister, P Chidambaram, reported in the Financial Times, raise equal fears that it might set back the development of India's financial ...