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Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... his session titled 'Transition and Transformation', David will share his personal experience to discuss how to deal with a major corporate disruption. His mission is to coax the audience out of the safety zone and into the risk zone - with just rewards. ...

ME Bank in search for new chief risk officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... inception to November 2012, when he was appointed chief risk officer. "Nick was with ME Bank since its inception and played a major role in establishing and evolving ME Bank to what it is today, including a role in the process of obtaining the banking ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy" - to explain why we should be wetting our pants. It's because "This is a major geopolitical event for the oil market". The extrapolation being trouble in Iraq could spread to the other Middle Eastern ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... downgrade on Wednesday, while Domino Pizza had shed 23 cents to $20.02 and JB Hi-Fi was nine cents lower at $17.66. The major banks were also down, with Commonwealth Bank down 52 cents at $81.68, National Australia Bank down 14 cents at $33.49, ANZ down ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... particular thanks to regional fundraisers, saying 35 new locations hosted fun runs this year. "Regional events varied from large major metropolitan events in Wollongong, Bendigo and Ballarat to small towns such as Tannum Sands (QLD) and Broome (WA)," ...

Low rates force banks to change term deposit strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... reward account increased by 709,000 to 4.55 million people from March 2013 to March 2014. "Term deposits generally remain the major source of bank funding," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said. "The rapid growth in the alternatives ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... distinguish between urban and regional distribution traffic. NSW premier, Mike Baird, said the proposal will now form a major plank of the government's re-election platform that will be presented at next year's NSW state election. Announcement of the ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
"Never underestimate the power of optimism". I've never forgotten this slogan since children cancer charity "Camp Quality" advertised it on Victorian (Australia) television some years back. A click on its website shows that this slogan has now been ...

Market wrap AM

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set for a flat start to trade after a quiet session on Wall Street, due to a lack of major economic or company news. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was two points higher at 5,479. ...

Power sell off approved by NSW govt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... privatise 49 per cent of the poles and wires assets on 99-year leases, with proceeds of up to $20 billion to be spent on major infrastructure projects, potentially including a second Sydney Harbour rail crossing. A major split within the coalition forced ...