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Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... and besides... the downgrade was made by another one of those "johnnies-come-lately" credit rating agencies anyways. Bottomline: We're still where we were yesterday, last week, last month. US economic indicators remain mixed. China is not landing hard. ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Certainly. But this is if you still don't believe that the labour market is a lagging indicator of the economy. The bottomline. While the underlying fundamentals continue to point to continued recovery and no double-dip, the tug o' war between positive ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... per cent - others are even whispering growth of only 0.9 per cent. Shhhh... "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" The bottomline is that economic data out of America remains mixed and is therefore wide opened to interpretation. Picked the negative ones ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Another day, another flat, uneventful day on Wall Street. Reports out overnight were mostly positive but these did not stop profit-taking on The Street. Good news on the US jobs front... but not good enough. Initial claims for unemployment insurance ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... banks. Unless you live in Spain or in charge of the world banking almanac, chances are they're Spanish too you too. The bottomline is that the European Central Bank has again put its credibility on the line - and it is found wanting. In local news, we ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... particularly now that the civil fraud allegations against the company have been settled. Johnson & Johnson's second quarter bottomline number was in line with estimates of US$1.21 per share. But, yes there's a but... but revenues were lower than expectations ...

Funds thrive with nimble IT

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... when fund managers align their IT strategy with their business strategy that they can add significant value to the bottomline. "Organisations should manage their IT investments like financial investments. Like a balanced portfolio," he said in a paper ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... financial developments and will employ its policy tools as necessary to promote economic recovery and price stability." The bottomline is that Wall Street preferred to sit on the fence last night because there'll be bigger fish to fry come the weekend. ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... excessive moves in the yuan's exchange rate vis-a-visa basket of currencies. Sadly, no one bothered to pay attention. The bottomline is that China will revalue, unpeg or float its currency only if and only when it is in its own best interest to do so. ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010