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No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Ho-hum. This is how I felt early Saturday morning (or was it afternoon?). No Virginia, it wasn't because I had one drink too many the night before - still, I invoke my right to remain silent. 'Twas because that all-important, that mother of all eco ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... and superannuation legislation that former governments had announced but not legislated. Senator Sinodinos announced on Saturday that the government would proceed with 16 of the measures announced by the Rudd, Gillard and Howard governments, and scrap ...

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... fund-owned publication last week caused many to question the appropriateness of super funds owning media outlets. On Saturday, The Australian columnist Judith Sloan lambasted the move, saying she would leave the fund. Her main criticism - that it was ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Boehner said." Filibustering Texas Republican senator and 'talk-a-thoner" Ted Cruz must have slipped something in his drink Saturday evening. And so on, and on, and on we go...until potentially, the shutdown meets with the ceiling. But it isn't only ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Kevin Rudd. Well Tony finally shut him up...but not before Kevin delivered his final blubber. In his concession ramble on Saturday night live, Kevin rambled on a total of 1,483 words compared with Tony Abbott's 824-worded victory speech. One thousand ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed flat as investors sit on their hands ahead of Saturday's federal election. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.5 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 5,145. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... Australian Sex Party or the Smokers' Rights Party...or perhaps, I'll give the Coke in the Bubblers Party a tick at this coming Saturday's Federal polls. The 'numbers' refer to the Australian economy's growth rate in the second quarter.A The Australian ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... meeting yesterday. Too soon to cut rates again after cutting it only last month or it doesn't want to influence this coming Saturday's elections.A Some 'experts' say the RBA is finished cutting rates - it didn't mention in its statement that the inflation ...

The Trust Company to consider IOOF offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Perpetual three business days to match the offer. The board of The Trust Company is also expected to give a response before Saturday. IOOF is offering 0.74 IOOF shares per Trust share or guaranteed minimum cash consideration as well as a special dividend ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Sydney advanced 1.03 per cent, or 53.3 points, to 5,188.3 but Seoul was flat, edging down 1.55 points to 1,924.81. Data on Saturday showed China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing hit 51.0 last month, up from 50.3 in July and ...