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Web 2 social networking websites under attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Research from anti virus software firm, AVG, has found social networking and banking websites are becoming attractive places for cyber criminals to steal private information for financial profit. The AVG research revealed major virus threats were found ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
World economic growth is expected to drop by one-fifth in 2008 to 4.1 per cent down from 4.9 per cent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "There was a risk that the ongoing turmoil in financial markets would further reduce domestic ...

Tricom trading on unusual terms

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Tricom Equities yesterday clarified a couple of details amid the market and media rumour storm connected to the group's surge in margin calls and its failure to settle stock market trades at the beginning of this week. Tricom said in a media statement ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Despite the volcanic volatility reverberating around global markets, several world wide sentiment surveys show that investor remain surprisingly upbeat. The quarterly ING Investor Sentiment Index shows that confidence level among Asian investors has ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A better alignment of interest between planners and their clients could be achieved through performance-based fees - similar to those charged by fund managers - but not all planners are convinced. NAB Financial Planning's recent decision to charge fixed ...

Deadly Trojan targets 400 banks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Imagine logging in to your bank account online, making a transaction, then finding out that you've just given your details - and funds - to a nameless hacker. Now imagine the Trojan targeting the users of 400 banks worldwide, including several institutions ...

CommInsure tracks lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm, CommInsure, has embarked on a mission to help customers track down and consolidate over $2.5 million of their lost super accounts. CommInsure, who administers the SuperTrace Eligible Rollover Fund, have joined ranks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as US stocks plunged overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner telling the audience at the Detroit Motor Show that the world has reached peak oil and that alternative fuels are now essential for the car industry confirms just how mainstream sustainability has become. ...

SMSFs lead charge

Self managed super funds (SMSFs) are fast closing in on retail funds as the largest super fund segment by total assets, based on the latest APRA statistics released last month which showed SMSFs posting higher growth than retail and other fund segments. ...