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BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... where Prime Minister Rudd recently publicly appealed for business leaders to lead by example. "What we're seeing there is, I guess, a response to market demands which is about shortages in the economy," said Greig Gailey BCA chief executive. Showing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... another bloodbath in the US tonight." Mr Klusman said the market was expecting a lengthy courtship between Rio and BHP. "I guess most people think it's going to be an extremely long and drawn out process," Mr Klusman said. "There are no other players ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... lost two," de Bever said. "We've made changes in terms of the business model and not everybody was comfortable with that I guess. I'm trying to attract and retain people who have confidence in their ability to manage internally and not everybody is suited ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... the local bourse. "Most of the sectors seem to be pretty flat. Energy and materials sectors are off," Mr Wacher said. "I guess the materials and energy sectors are off on the back of the commodity prices overnight. Oil prices and all the base metals ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... "Fortescue Metals Group is very strong, a stand out performer today. "But it's hard to pin down why anything is going up... I guess we can just sit back and be glad things are going up. "Because so many play the short side of the market, anyone who went ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... affected US stocks," Mr Klusman said. "Not their profit figure, which was down 57 per cent for the quarter, but I would guess it was his comments that the US expected further defaults in the mortgage market... implying that this is still going to go ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... the web and said AXA would also look at designing member communication so that they have a more entertaining format. "I guess entertaining is one of the ways to make it more engaging, [and] that's what we're focussed on," he said.

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... fallout would remain contained, this toxic debt continues contaminating other markets and many analysts are struggling to guess how widespread this will be. Its quite incredible to think that dodgy home loans given to poor people in Detroit, Los Angeles ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... speculation on interest rate pressures. 'Upward pressures on wages growth' and 'pre-election rate hikes' abound but it's anyone's guess at this stage be it an educated one or not. Where most new jobs advertised used to be part-time, this is far from ...

Economic round-up: The great interest rate debate

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... policy. The government's strategy on timing, for what most economists agree as an inevitable interest rate hike, is anyone's guess and therein lies the heart of the debate.