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Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... behind in 198 th place overall and an estimated fortune of $6bn. The 45-year-old who owns a global gaming business is the son of media mogul Kerry Packer. Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest (211 th ) and Westfield owner Frank Lowy (229 th ) complete the ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
So near, yet so far. Remember those back of the envelope calculations we did yesterday, Virginia? The one which showed that the S&P 500 is almost there - could reclaim the all-time peak it reached in October 2007 by this weekend or at the most by the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Australian market has opened lower as investors remain cautious ahead of Italy's general election. At 1023 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.3 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 5,056.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Almost two months in and thus far you, I and Irene have had a happy new year... will we also have a "gung hei fat choi"? Yes Virginia, those who go by the lunar calendar has gone around yesterday, 10 February, wishing everyone "gung hei fat choi' as ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Was it as good for you as it was for me? One thing for sure it was better for those who got on instead of the many who got off the other night. Yes, it sells but we're not talking about that. It's the people who got on the equity market train after ...

34 months prison for ex- GuardianFP adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... clients, who had never asked for any to be set up, using her post office box and mobile phone number, or a mobile number that her son and daughter has previously used, ASIC said. In an attempted cover up, Heathwood shelled out $49,275.22 in premium payments ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The proportion of people in the US worried about how they'll fund their retirement has skyrocketed, and leading the charge is young people. A national survey of 2,508 people conducted by the Pew Research Center (PRC) has found that 66% of people are ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Believe me I tried... and I tried, and I tried. But I can't find no, no good news on cyberspace, on print or th airwaves this morning. The good news have all AWOL it seems. What I found instead was a listing of the bad and the ugly. Below are the Bloomberg ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch has told investors protesting against the amount of power he wields at News Corporation to sell their stock if they are unhappy with the way the business is managed. The media mogul expects to remain ensconced in his dual-role as News ...