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ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan may still be foreign territories for international fund managers - but a large Asian bank has pumped $240 million into the countries in a move that will help them and subsequently their neighbours, boost their investment ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... investors' psyche, it is likely that this could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But so what? So what is that it would spark another round of bearish sentiment unwinding the gains of the past six months and taking us back into the abyss of depression. ...

Centro chief executives depart

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Centro Properties Group has lost both its global and Australia chief executives - sparking a hunt for replacements and casting a shadow over the group's prospects. Centro announced it was looking to appoint a new global chief executive following yesterday's ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... you weaken demand and eventually tame inflation. It is therefore disappointing that Benny's overnight testimony did not spark bigger gains on Wall Street. Sure there is no certainty that the exit plan - when it comes due to implement - would be followed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher after a strong surge on Wall Street sparked by a brighter economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... now to expect companies to deliver a bottomline not written in red? The rise in the US unemployment rate in June was the spark that started this renewed wave of pessimism. True, jobless people spend less. Less spending equals lower profits. But lesser ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Sales of Bud (Budweiser) would have picked up during the weekend's 4th of July holiday in the US. Half would have downed the 'Great American Lager' in celebration of the June quarter surge on the Street. The other half - those looking at the week's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street and European markets. Oil and base metal prices also plummeted, likely to spark falls in local resources stocks. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... the market rallied, according to data compiled by InsiderScmaore.com." A sell-off of this magnitude must have a reason...a spark...a trigger. Green shoots no more? Iran? Utegate? No! It is another international body trying to prove its relevance anew. ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...