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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... The euro climbed to $1.3409 from $1.3363 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed, after US President Barack Obama said he had authorised air strikes against Sunni extremist militants in Iraq as concerns grew about the security ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... or 0.79 per cent, to 4,297.63. Jihadists pushed toward Baghdad on Thursday after capturing a town to the north, as US President Barack Obama said his national security team "is looking at all the options". With the militants approaching the capital ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Russia intensifies. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 5,355. US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that if Russia continued an aggressive path in Ukraine, the US and other countries would ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... True to form...and recent history, it looks like the political powers in Washington will again take it to the limit. US President Obama must be wishing he was Chinese Premier Li Kequiang instead where he can dictate outcomes, any outcome...or heads will ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... the debt ceiling, so I'd say there will be some upside in stocks in the next week." Mr Radford said confirmation US President Barack Obama would nominate Janet Yellen to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may also help stem the losses ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
US President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... allow the US to default on its debt on the last day of trading last week. Soothing words especially coming after US President Obama's reminder that, "There's a precedent for a government shutdown, there's no precedent for a default". But that was Friday ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and Irene know what war is good for, don't we?A Absolutely nothing! Not ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... government to achieve some positive changes together. There is nothing wrong with change per se," said Cormann. Channeling US President Barack Obama's famous 2008 election campaign he added: "We need change we can believe in." Bowen said that in calling ...