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Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... limiting the sites they can access by thinking like a hacker. The Australian Tax Office, the Royal Mint and a range of local banks are known clients of Secure Computing. The Nasdaq listed firm protects internet users with a two pronged approach via its ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... governments, one on top of the other or in unison, have been throwing money and/or guarantees and/or lower interest rates at banks, financial institutions and the money markets to in order to restore confidence in the financial system. While these have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... 400 and it was just a function of volatility. "I think the people with the money had all the fun." Mr Smith said the major banks were fairing the worst. "In the coming week we've got NAB and ANZ reporting," Mr Smith said. "What are they going to say ...

ME to gain market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... building societies would struggle to sustain themselves beyond the three-year deposit guarantee in a market dominated by large banks. Yet, Tony Beck, Members Equity Bank head of corporate and social responsibility, said it was not considering purchasing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... moderate loss Tuesday as investors, while pleased with the government's plans to spend $US250 billion to buy stock in private banks, decided to cash in some of their profits from the previous day's massive advance. Profit-taking started creeping into ...

Fidelity gears for reflation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... stress will mean more pronounced economic weakness has opened the way to global interest rate cuts." He continued, "Central banks no longer see a conflict of interests between price stability and financial stability. They are on the side of investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... rescue package, Neel Kashkari, said overnight that the United States government planned to take stakes in a "broad array" of banks. European governments overcame their differences to put euro 1.7 trillion ($A3.45 trillion) on the line on Monday in guarantees ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... boosted investor confidence. "There is more confidence today and that is helping hold up the market," Mr Anderson said. "The banks and in particular CBA are doing well." Commonwealth Bank was up $2.46, or 6.22 per cent, to $42.01, National Australia ...

The end is nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Measures, measures and more measures. How long is a piece of string? How much more money must central banks kept throwing at banks, financial institutions and businesses to get credit flowing again? Selective bailouts, massive rescue packages, coordinated ...

Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... day brings fresh news that financial Armageddon is nigh. Yesterday's concerted action by 6 of the world's major central banks - plus the Peoples Bank of China - on top of prior cuts by the RBA and the Hongkong Monetary Authority, were followed by interest ...