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Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... the market recovery may work well for them but Gensler, whose identical twin brother Gary Gensler was handpicked by Barack Obama as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said he would rather focus on stocks that will do well "in ...

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
To plug regulatory gaps that the Whitehouse believes precipitated the GFC, President Obama has proposed the biggest change to financial oversight since the New Deal. Central to the reforms are the creation of a Financial Oversight Council that will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... - US stocks ended mixed in volatile trade as the credit rating and outlook of 22 banks were lowered and President Barack Obama unveiled financial regulation reform plans. Market action began after the Labor Department said its consumer price index (CPI) ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... However, the bears could win medium term (after three or four years?). Why this time span? Because it is when US President Obama promised, "Yes, we can!" cut the budget deficit in half, that is. If he makes good on his promise income taxes - personal ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... spending and raised income taxes of high wage earners to bring the budget back in balance. In 2009, US President Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit by the end of his first term. Part of his plan to do this? Raise income taxes on those earning ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... 'future' was a vague period of time when Riccardo published his theory, Darling's future is next year. US President Barack Obama's future is also definite. Earlier this year, he announced this plans to cut the US budget deficit in half by the end of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... 2.26 per cent, to $20.32, and Westpac Banking Group fell four cents, or 0.21 per cent, to $19.16. Wall Street's fall on the Obama Administration's deadline for US carmakers had a modest impact on the local materials sector, Mr Chatterton said. BHP Billiton ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... 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 prospects ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... more reassurance to investors that the economy is showing signs of stabilising. Banking stocks gave up some ground as the Obama administration unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the financial system designed to place greater regulation on big market players ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... 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 losses suffered ...