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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Berlusconi's party. It then swung sharply down to a loss of 0.3 per cent after polls showed the centre-right ahead in the upper house Senate, meaning a coalition would be necessary, only to finish the day up 0.73 per cent to 16,352 points. The euro had ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... more Australians enjoy the opportunities of the Asian Century and not just a fortunate few." The MRRT will enter the upper house for vote this week.

Ausbil Dexia assures investors following European bailout

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... 10 years. On Monday, the French lower parliament approved of the bailout plan, but it still has to go through the upper house. It's the second time in three years the Dexia Group has asked for help over bankruptcy fears and was bailed out to the tune ...

Excess contributions penalties soar to $400m

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... excess super contributions made between 2006 and 2010 with that figure likely to rise yet further. Speaking at an upper house enquiry of the economics legislation committee, the ATO's deputy commissioner Neil Olesen confirmed the figures, a sharp rise ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... these negative aspects of the country's debt dynamics, in part due to the coalition having lost its majority in the upper house of parliament last summer." Surely, Japan will not be the last to receive a downgrade. Read S&P's statement above again. Now ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Japanese shares were hit by concerns about policy deadlock after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan lost control of the Upper House of parliament at a weekend election. Having gone into the election seeking a stable political base to tackle the nation's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... 3,554.48. TOKYO - Japanese shares firmed in a narrow range with many investors staying on the sidelines ahead of a weekend Upper House election likely to pose challenges to the ruling party, dealers said. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...

Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... for the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, remains cautious. "If there were a DPJ victory, it would unify the lower and upper house and therefore make passing legislation easier and significant political reform more likely," she said. However, she pointed ...

Daily economic update

... that rising interest rates in the region and recent French labour protests are weighing down on confidence. Japan's Upper House approved Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's last budget before he steps down as PM in September to spend around 79.7 trillion ...

Asset Super Board looks to Steer straight ahead

... Australia, Naomi Steer, has been appointed to the Board of Asset Super to take the place of former speaker of the NSW Upper House John Johnson. Steer's experience has mainly been in the human rights and social justice arenas having worked for the Australian ...