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Hartsuyker named new shadow minister for super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Luke Hartsuyker MP is the new Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Hartsuyker's new role is part of the opposition leader Tony Abbott's shadow ministry reshuffle announced yesterday. "Luke replaces ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... ask its creditors to "standstill" and extend maturities of its about US$59 billion debt mountain until at least 30 May 2010. Yes, there were a few who worried a fortnight ago that Dubai was just the tip of the iceberg -- that other countries' sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket remained slightly higher at noon as the heavyweight mining and gold stocks rebounded from falls on Monday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,682.9, while the broader All ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Read: the good US employment figures might be just a one-off. So in the meantime, have some more punch (low interest rates). Yes...in the meantime. Because the Fed can afford to keep interest rates at these low level because inflation "appears likely ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... than the 125,000 culling expected by consensus. Better...jobs losses in September and October lowered by a total of 159,000. Yes, the report was music to Wall Street's ears that I could almost hear it singing, "Suddenly the wheels are in motion And I ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of this saga now known as the GFC. Yes, it has always been normal for a few or more US Senators to vent their spleen at the Fed's conduct of monetary policy every ...

Cash is king in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... international credit rating agencies were shocked along with them. Goes to show the more things change, the more they remain the same. Yes, Moody's and Standard & Poor's quickly downgraded all Dubai government-related debt. But not quick enough. Like ...

Better phone service for Telstra Super members

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Faster and better phone customer service from Telstra? It's a yes for Telstra Super's members following the fund's phone system upgrade. A notice on the Telstra Super website stated that a new system will be put in place that will see members asked ...

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Treasury's release of draft legislation for the superannuation clearing house signals that while the government appointed Medicare as the small business clearing house, it expects multiple clearing houses to be operating in the market. "[It will] allow ...