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Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... chief executive. Pettersen said the Victorian and New South Wales governments collect 75 per cent of the budget for their fire services from insurance premiums. On top of high insurance premiums, the total cost for someone requesting insurance includes ...

Health Super gives aid to fire victims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Health Super is helping bushfire victims by donating their call centre staff services, giving blood, and offering essentials to aid those in need. The $7.6 billion industry fund has donated the services of its call centre staff to the Red Cross Call ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, restrained by a financial sector under pressure. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was flat at 3,516.9 while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 1.6 points to 3,462.9. On the Sydney Futures ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... of the $50,000 donated by employees. Industry Super Funds will also donate $100,000 to the Victorian Government/Red Cross Fire Appeal. "Industry super funds have widespread coverage throughout Victoria and members are certain to be amongst those affected ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... this crisis. They just went and did. Had they debated whether or not to use depleted Melbourne's water reserve to douse the fire -- or whether there will be enough water for future generations to use - the inferno, disastrous as it was, would have been ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
St.George and Westpac are offering financial assistance to their banking customers affected by the bushfire in Victoria and, together with AMP and AXA, have donated at least $2.1 million to help those worst affected by the disaster. St.George Bank ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

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 ...