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Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... improvement in the relevant laws, regulations and policies of each market, and will work to improve cooperation with the authorities governing each market. In March 2009, AFMA and the FSC each signed bilateral Memorandum of Understandings with KOFIA ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... could afford to serve me more than this tasteless cow). This has been the script followed by Chinese and American authorities each and every time they meet. American officials leak their thoughts to the press admonishing China about its undervalued currency ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... Street had a positive performance because "Sentiment was helped by a move by China's central bank to curb inflation, as authorities there did not raise interest rates..." And to give it more credibility, Reuters quoted (which the age dot com copied) ...

Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... settle the SEC's charges. Meanwhile, BAS and its affiliates will pay another $101 million to other federal and state authorities for its conduct. "This ongoing investigation has helped to expose wide-spread corruption in the municipal reinvestment industry," ...

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Heading into the weekend, rumours are rife that the release of the data will coincide with a policy shift from Chinese authorities, potentially slowing down markets across emerging Asia. But Kerry Series, former head of Asia-pacific equities at AMP ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... stopped their tit for tat shelling for now. They're back to their cold -- with intermittent fighting - war. Chinese authorities confirmed that they would switch to a prudent monetary policy from a moderately loose stance - higher interest rates? -to ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... prop up its ailing banks. News reports note Ireland would receive a,-70 billion in assistance from the IMF and EU, as authorities look to prevent the contagion of the crisis into other European economies, most notably Spain.

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... added to the continuing anxiety about the other one - Europe's Celtic Tiger. Ireland has agreed to be saved. But the authorities who are signing the bailout contract - yes, this will include various clauses involving measures to reduce the deficit (ouch!) ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 billion in assistance from the IMF and EU, as authorities look to prevent the contagion of the crisis into other European economies, most notably Spain. Up until now, Ireland had ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... economy is suffering. The remedy for what ails the economy is, in my view, in the hands of the fiscal and regulatory authorities, not the Fed." "I could envision such action would lead to a declining dollar, encourage further speculation, provoke commodity ...