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Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... application (web apps) that allows users to read and manipulate Office word and Excel spreadsheets online. But Google's cloud computing dominance could be cut short by Microsoft's more aggressive foray into the web-apps sector - starting with the launch ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Forty years ago today, what was thought beyond the realms of human possibility became reality. Man landed on the moon. No one also imagined Professor Nouriel Roubini turning into a bull. For as long as I care to remember Professor Nouriel Roubini was ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Suncorp Wealth Management has overhauled its communication strategy to help members better understand super, starting with a new communications guide for internal staff and a new look and feel to at least 100 types of letters it sends to members each ...

Tonight's the night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... projections. There were very few who argued against these predictions back then. Last May 2008, everything looked hunky dory. Not a cloud in sight. Let's party! Until the global financial crisis. What was 2.75 per cent growth forecast only a year ago ...

Clouds still far away

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Companies across Australia including wealth management firms are far from adopting cloud systems to boost their technology. According to a new survey from Avanade Australia, around 80 per cent of Australian companies are not using cloud-computing systems ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Quattro Asset Management has shelved plans to launch of its capital protected structured product Vault 08 and shifted its focus to buying long short equity strategies. David Adiseshan, Quattro Asset Management executive director, said Vault 08 managed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained in a late rally early this morning, amid ongoing volatility on markets. At 0758 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... their attention towards New Zealand as they try to take advantage of Kiwisaver and NZ Super, the land of the long white cloud has dipped into negative economic growth and looks set to fall into recession. "The New Zealand economy contracted during the ...