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Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Wall Street appears to be sliding. This gave me some time to review my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... abound. Some with substance - Greek default - others, plainly fear monger - euro will disappear. And speaking of the euro, CNBC reported overnight that the Iranian central bank announced that it plans to sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... than meets the eye. Plenty of fodder for the doom and gloomers ain't it? Dr. Nouriel Roubini is back in fashion again. In a CNBC interview on 20 May, he warned of another 20 per cent sell-off in the financial markets in the next few months. And in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... mistaken trade may have been partially to blame for a sudden sharp decline in Procter & Gamble's (P&G) stock. Both Fox News and CNBC reported that a trading error involving P&G stock could have been responsible for part of a dip that dragged the Dow ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... of unemployment at double-digit type of levels. This is more of a technical manoeuvre." And this is what he had to say to CNBC: "The timing was a little unusual and surprising. I think it was really a move to appease the three or four hawks on the Fed." ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... While researching individual countries' external debt levels yesterday, I came across a slideshow done by Mr. Paul Toscano on CNBC.com on 'The World's Biggest Debtor Nations. I present his findings below (I have added 5 countries to his original 16 and ...

Austock appoints Youssef

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... stockbrokers, financial planners, banks and other business groups. He is also a frequent commentator on Channel 9, ABC, Bloomberg and CNBC. As head of private clients, Youssef is charged with building Austock Group's private client business. "Joe's extensive ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... Regarding the hunting trip, the company responded, "We regret that this event was not canceled." An October 30, 2008 article from CNBC reported that AIG had already drawn upon US$90 billion of the US$123 billion allocated for loans. On November 10, 2008 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Florida overnight where he said BHP has superior potential for growth relative to Rio. In an interview on business channel CNBC, Mr Kloppers said he would not rule out adding cash to BHP's all-scrip offer for Rio. At 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... lose their top credit rating, a move that could bring more big losses to the financial sector. The media speculation by a CNBC reporter came in the last hour of trade, reversing 1.5 per cent gains triggered by an aggressive interest rate cut by the Federal ...