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Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... those who are time-poor and are comfortable doing applications on the web. "It removes an important barrier to people purchasing life insurance. Feedback has shown that answering personal questions from an adviser was uncomfortable for many people, but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... were limited by the yen's advance against the dollar and jitters ahead of US economic data. A rise in China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) for August also provided support. But trade was very thin, with investors wary amid uncertainty about ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... not happen overnight, but it will happen." Remember? It is happening now. This is underscored by the latest update on purchasing managers indices - a leading indicator of activity -- in the major economies reported overnight. In the US, the Institute ...

Private investors on property buying spree

CBRE RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... investors, accounted for 12 per cent. "They are likely to remain the key purchaser groups for the balance of 2009, while purchasing competition from local institutions remains limited," said Stanley. But the total cost of these transactions show that ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... still being contracting. Wait there's more. This one sent European shares higher overnight. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and Markit Economics UK manufacturing index rose to 47 in June - the highest since May last year - from 45.4 ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... expansion line to 51.1. And it is looking likely that US new orders will continue to rise. Chinese growth has returned. Its purchasing managers index rose to 53.1 in May -- the sixth consecutive monthly increase and its third consecutive reading above ...

Top 10 budget quotes

... employees with an ATI in excess of $60,000 who participate in an ESAS will lose any tax concessions and will effectively be purchasing shares on an after-tax basis. Loan schemes may become an alternative arrangement for those companies who still wish ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... cheering. Wall Street staged another rally last night on better-than-expected US housing data and a rise in China's purchasing managers index above 50 - indicating that manufacturing there is once again expanding. They will. Those betting on another ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... hear they will have to pay more. This is because, they too, in a way, contribute a multiplier to the economy. Their purchasing power and consumption enables others to remain in employment. And that's just income taxes. The UK is also increasing taxes ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... higher interest rates to entice buyers. The Federal Reserve has virtually guaranteed to keep long-term rates low by purchasing these debts directly. Will this be enough to entice China to buy more pieces of the US government? The same thing happened ...