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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian stocks were weaker at noon after US shares went into freefall overnight following New York investment bank Lehman Brothers' backruptcy, the firesale of Merrill Lynch and continuing rumours about the stability of American Insurance Group. ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
'This is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type of event.' (Alan Greenspan). Are we headed for a repeat of the global depression of the 1930s? This might sound too alarmist but indeed, quite a possibility as one giant US financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian markets have received a strong negative lead from Wall Street, after US shares went into a freefall on Monday over financial market uncertainty revolving around the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the fire sale of Merrill Lynch. At 0722 AEST ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Macroeconomic indicators set for release this week are not expected to deviate from the ongoing global theme of slowing growth and higher inflation. Australia Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens address on the "Challenges for Economic ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... country's jerry-built superannuation system and replace it with a cheaper and more member-friendly model. It's not so much an attack on the flaws of the industry but a hard look at how superannuation has evolved since it was introduced 20 years ago ...

New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Logica has created a new software that helps prevent funds from being used by terrorists, reduces risk and provides cost-effective compliance for investment managers and banks. Tech company Logica recently launched HotScan Plus - an automated transaction ...

Wash sales left to dry: GMK Centric

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... provisions of Part IVA to wash sales because it found little commercial rationale for them. "The ATO is not seeking to attack outright sales and genuine disposal of assets at market value. Rather, it is targeting situations where economic ownership is ...

Suncorp selects Symantec

Suncorp turns to one of the global giants in IT security systems, Symantec, to help improve the group's security infrastructure, simplify data center management systems and reduce storage costs. Paul Cameron, executive general manager, BT Infrastructure ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
One of the major recommendations that came out of the recent 2020 Summit was for a "root and branch" review of tax system even though we all know this is just code for Prime Minister Rudd wanting to increase, not lower, the tax take. Case in point is ...