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Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... the previous day. The Athens stock market had plunged over 9 per cent on Wednesday after Greece's new hard-left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras scrapped key privatisation projects and pressed home his demand for a renegotiated deal on the country's multi-billion-euro ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... oh my oh my and boy oh boy oh boy, I see dead people... heads would start to roll. How dare they not give what Prime Minister Li Kequiang likes? Li gets what Li likes, remember? He'll move heaven and earth to get 7.5% -- just as government did to keep ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
... from the ministry. The decision is expected to trigger a ministerial reshuffle. The decision paves the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reshuffle his frontbench as early as this weekend. "I will be resigning as assistant treasurer with effect from ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... mining companies. The decision caused outrage in the resources industry, the media and even the government, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott labelling it a "stupid" decision. The Australian Financial Review gave the issue particular prominence, taking ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... slower China growth. How quickly they forget. They've quickly forgotten that only five months before, when Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang told us what he likes, in black and white. Writing in Britain's The Times newspaper last June, Premier Li told ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government's announcement of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India that Prime Minister Tony Abbott proposes to conclude over the next 12 months will focus the attention of Australian money managers on India's AUD$149 billion mutual funds market. ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... capital in Australian dollars and, in future, RMB. The signing of the agreement was attended by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. Elmer Funke Kupper, ASX managing director and CEO ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
How many Prime Ministers does it take to fix the Japanese economy? Sixteen... and is still counting. That's the number of times Japan has changed its leader since 1990 when the economy did a Humpty Dumpty. Twenty four years on and all 16 kings - and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... economic giant. Japanese shares extended their run upwards thanks to the weaker yen, with attention turning to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as speculation swirls that he may put off a planned sales tax hike and call a snap general election. Tokyo jumped ...