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Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... never left since early March when Russia annexed Crimea or Syria before that (and now we have Iraq (again), Gaza (again) and Libya (again)), the headlines just chose to ignore them when body counts do not go beyond their normal average. To be sure, there ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... a high US$114 in April 2011. Through all these - and including Wall Street's big, big fall during the GFC (and Syria and Libya) - the S&P 500 index is ever so higher. "War" might not be good for absolutely nothing after all... it's good in creating cheap ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... then the removal of Russian allies and clients like Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi." Also, according to Kempe, Putin considers "Perestroika and then Glasnost" the legacy of "national humiliation ...

Right direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... by the US Treasury to pay the United States $US327 million to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Myanmar, Libya and Sudan. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by Warehouse Group on concerns its decision to buy appliance and electronics ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... and oil prices soaring. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak stepped down peacefully but Libya's Qadaffi was murdered off his throne.... an earthquake, followed by a tsunami that set off a nuclear disaster devastated Japan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
NEW YORK - US stocks got a boost Thursday despite poor domestic economic data after major central banks joined hands to ensure US dollar liquidity to Europe's embattled banks. In positive territory for the fourth day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... came in better-than-expected. There was a similar tale told about Europe. There's also the good news on bad ol' Quadaffi of Libya. And need I mention, Dominique Strauss Kahn's rape charges had been dropped. I don't know about you vindaloo, but if the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly higher on Tuesday, following a positive lead from Wall St and precious metals overnight. At 0700 (AEST) on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.09 US cents, up from 103.86 cents on Monday. Since 1700 (AEST) ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... equities and interest rate derivatives spiked during March as the impact of the tragic events in Japan and the instability in Libya impacted on global markets,' said the report. "Mid-March saw some record and near-record daily trading activity in a range ...