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Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... there is no such thing as a free lunch. Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig warned in a speech that the country's fiscal deficit is on an "unsustainable course" and that if "pre-emptive corrective action is not taken regarding the fiscal ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... satisfied with Greece's efforts, the EU "will impose on Greece the acceptance of additional measures." Yeah, kick the country when it's down! And one month? You must be dreaming! It's a 'take it or sink' kinda deal - no ifs, buts and wherefores. This ...

Macq sovereign bond fund scoops $300m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... not say where the $300 million investments were from except that it wasn't seeded by Macquarie and came from one of the country's largest financial institutions.

Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... by streamlining application delivery and cutting relevant costs. In Australia, the local operations count many of the country's largest financial institutions and government bodies as clients.

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... their masochistic tendencies. We are certainly doomed now because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) tallied the country's unemployment rate at 5.2 per cent in February, a 4 percentage point increase from 4.8 per cent in the previous month and ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... saved. Greece may not be too big to fail, but it could contaminate. Laws, regulations and limitations that every member country must adhere to came with the formation of the Eurozone 11 years ago. Let's take a look at one. The Maastricht Treaty, which ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... output in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the fastest growing output figures were posted by Indonesia, Tanzania and China. Which country produces the most gold is being closely watched by world investors, as the growing weight of investment money is poised ...

Synchron grows adviser base by 40pc

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... emotionally. Team activities were part of the mix. Meanwhile, Synchron is still the only AFSL paying daily commissions in the country. Feedback from Synchron advisers who are building on their initial client base shows that daily commission payments ...

Check unit prices on your mobile: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... launched its mobile phone unit pricing service earlier this month, making it one of the first super funds to do so in the country, according to a press statement. Members simply need to type unitprices.quadrantsuper.com.au into their phone's web browser ...

Asian equities to open up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... order routing and trading, thereby allowing investors and members to access multiple ASEAN markets from their domicile country. This trading network will enable participating ASEAN Exchanges to connect to external order routing networks in order to attract ...