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Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Friday - yes, this Friday, 15 April 2011. Reports say there was tentative agreement for a reduction in the government budget of US$33 billion but the GOP now wants US$40 billion. I don't know about you but what's a US$7 bil difference in the grand scheme ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Look ma, Uncle Ben's coming bearing more funny money tomorrow! More free money whoopee! Wall Street rose last night salivating over expectations that tonight's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would conclude with a kinder surprise ...

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... risk the plans going over their budget and behind schedule. He said research found only 38 per cent of projects with a budget of between $750,000 to $3 million meet budget and its expected outcomes. One of the key reasons, Johnstone said, is because ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research that found only 38 per cent of projects with a budget of between $750,000 to $3 million succeed to meet the budget and its expected outcomes. Johnstone said one of the reasons ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Global foreign direct investment flows have changed course in 2008 from developed countries to Africa - making West Africa the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Tokyo Stock Exchange to set new trading benchmark

... Representative Office Tetsuo Otashiro said their trading systems will be built "from scratch", financed by their 2006-2008 IT budget of around $600 million (62 billion Yen). "We are planning to replace our delivery systems. We are committed to spending ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... will allow small businesses with turnover of less than $2 million to access small business concessions. The federal budget of earlier this year introduced $127 million worth of tax benefits to small business. The new scheme does away with the old arrangement ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... billion in 2005-06 on capital works. The export performance of WA is now more than that of NSW and Victoria combined. A budget of $633 million has been allocated to electricity infrastructure in 2005-06. The nation's largest ports Port Hedland and Dampier ...

Daily economic update

Reports of strong US durable goods orders could create doubt for those expecting the Federal Reserve to soon put an end to its monetary policy tightening. US durable goods orders rose by 1.3 per cent in December following an upwardly revised 5.4 per ...
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