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Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Rhode Island," according to Bloomberg. According to reports fighting started after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, ceased fire in 1994 with bouts of intermittent violence since then. So what? So what is it involves Putin and oil and energy and the ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... steps to raise Japan's growth potential, they said, asking not to be named because the discussions are private." Time to fire arrow four... five... six...?

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a muted showing on European markets and Wall Street being closed for Independence Day on Friday. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,495. ...

Inquiry has Macquarie Private Wealth in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... powers] properly. I think what's more important than giving them new powers is getting the right sort of people into ASIC with fire in their belly to do something about these problems," he said. "I found trying to get them [ASIC] to act on this matter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has announced it will screen out companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels in its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) range of funds, in response to client demand. The RIL Charter of Operation will now screen out companies that ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... economy but two per cent of our employment. It has, however, done much of the heavy lifting over the decade. So now we need to fire up the rest of the economy. Tonight, I am announcing a package of measures that will significantly increase investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... economy. Tokyo's Nikkei edged up 0.11 per cent, or 15.88 points, to finish at 14,304.11. The BoJ announced it was holding fire on expanding its massive asset-purchase scheme as it awaits the effects of a sales tax rise at the start of April. After Japanese ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Rapidly changing technology isn't a threat to financial services operators, it's just the continuation of long term trends that have always confronted the sector, said global financial services technology specialist Advent. Illustrating how far technology ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... per cent, or 8.41 points, to 2,033.31. Investors were unmoved by news that North and South Korea had traded live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border on Monday, forcing South Korean islanders to take shelter. The exchange came a day after ...