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QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... appears that QE2 is also coming under attack from within. In a speech before the Association of Financial Professionals, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said, "I asked that the FOMC consider that we might be prescribing the wrong medicine for the ...

Hedge fund adviser gets $2.7m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... million to settle SEC charges for breaching short selling rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Dallas-based Carlson Capital for breaching a regulation which prevents short selling that can "reduce proceeds received by companies ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... companies that we invest in to have robust programmes to manage corruption in their firm and supply chains," said George Dallas, director of corporate governance at F&C Management. James Gifford, executive director of the UN PRI, said corruption places ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... recovery implies a protracted period of high unemployment." And to round up the hat trick, here's what Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher had to say, "I would think that in this recovery period the willingness to rehire or expand ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... economy. I just need Jay-Z, the new Alan Greenspan," he said. Both Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke and his colleague, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher have been quite vocal in reassuring the world there's no chance of a US recession. However ...

Public liability insurance more affordable: ICA

... percent over the period. In other states, the premium fell by between 1.5 percent to 7 percent. ICA's deputy chief executive Dallas Booth said that cheaper insurance cost is vital for organisers of community activities especially ahead of the holiday ...

Weekly economic roundup

... inflation. Hawkish inflation comments by two US Federal Reserve officials - Thomas Hoenig, Kansas City Fed President and Dallas Fed President Richard Fischer - also unnerved investors because they implied a more aggressive stance on US interest rates. ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
... investigator from Leura in NSW and Sydney men Leonid Kuris, 50, of Bondi, Alexander Roizman, 50, of Darling Point, and Dallas Fitzgerald, 24, who lives in Sydney's CBD. Magistrate Allan Moore granted the four bail, but ordered them not to contact each ...

TXU to sell Australian energy operations, pipeline unit for $3.41 billion

... its European operations in late 2002 triggered a crisis of confidence in the power industry stalwart. In separate deals, Dallas-based TXU agreed to sell its TXU Australia unit to state-run Singapore Power for about US$2 billion and its TXU Fuel gas pipeline ...

TXU appoints advisers to assess partial Australian float

... Texan energy giant TXU Corp has appointed advisers to assess the proposed partial float of its Australian subsidiary. The Dallas-based parent company wants to keep a controlling stake in its Australian operations but is looking at ways to raise capital ...