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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened broadly flat following mixed leads from US and European markets overnight. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,379.6 points and the broader All ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... euro some months back and a crash landing in China and a double dip in America and food shortages... and another term for Julia Gillard as PM (ok, I made that one up). All these haven't happened - perhaps not yet. But if they do, I don't think there's ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... yesterday, last week, last month. US economic indicators remain mixed. China is not landing hard. Europe remains a risk. And oh, Julia Gillard's leadership is in doubt. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic insight, review and analysis ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I lead" promised Julia Gillard. Liar, liar, deym liars. But do they care? It got them what they wanted did it not? Not then and certainly not ...

Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a $320 million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Inflation linked bonds should remain part of any long term investor's arsenal because over the long term they have proven to be an effective way to hedge against inflation regardless the current short term trend to low inflation or institutional investors ...

Midwinter empowers adviser software

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Midwinter has implemented changes announced in the 2012 May Federal Budget in its Reasonable Basis advice modelling software, allowing advisers to alter tax settings. "It is a difficult time for financial planners due to the large amount of uncertainty ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were higher at noon, led by gains among resources-linked companies and in defiance of a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1210 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.1 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,282.2 points, while ...

Arts attract philanthropic funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... between government and philanthropy, providing multiple submissions to government reviews and consulting with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Minister for Social Inclusion, Tanya Plibersek," said Peter Winneke, Myer Family Company's head of philanthropic ...