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Make love not leverage

... mid-2006. In February, the decline has slowed to just 1.4 per cent year-on-year. There's more. A Challenger, Gray & Christmas report shows that planned job cuts fell by 20 per cent in March and follows a 23 per cent reduction in the previous month. This ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... time, Macquarie Bank reportedly sent another 40 staff from its funds division packing, on top of the 1047 it cut before Christmas. Boart Longyear warned of adding more to the 200 positions it had already let go. Law firm Blake Dawson Waldron and Telstra ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... that the combined fiscal and monetary stimuli are having their desired effect on activity. The Rudd Government's pre-Christmas A$10.4 billion package which included pocket money for struggling households was mostly spent over the Yuletide season. Its ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... passage of the legislation, claiming that the money could be spent elsewhere and that last year's A$10.4 billion pre-Christmas gift made no noticeable impact. Really? So yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showing that retail sales ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... bank run in the country. In October, the government handed out $10.4 billion that bulk of which came in the form of pre-Christmas cash payments, aimed at helping the elderly, poorer families and first-home buyers. This was criticised as a short-term ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... arranging objects such as furniture to promote good luck. CLSA first launched the Feng Shui Index in 1992 in the form of a Christmas card to clients but its popularity grew and it has now gained international recognition for its forecasting ability. ...

Storm staff lose jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Financial's clients and the FPA would continue to provide help through its telephone help line which was launched before Christmas last year. Bloch said the FPA's focus is Storm Financial's clients. "At the moment our concern is to get clients access ...

Financial Standard returning soon in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... wish all our readers a prosperous New Year, or at least a better one than 2008, and we hope you had a great and restful Christmas. Our daily news will start again on 12 January 2008. The editorial team thanks you for your support and feedback and look ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Note: This is my last piece for 2008 and I leave you with my (bad) adaptation of Henry Livingston's "The Night Before Christmas' 'Twas the fortnight before Christmas, when many lost their house Not an investor was stirring, no one's clicking a mouse ...

Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
'Tis the season to be jolly. Christmas has arrived early for equity investors. Or has it? Stock markets around the world rallied between 5 and 8 per cent yesterday and overnight, punctuated by the Dow's peeping above the 9,000 mark in intra-day trade ...