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PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... financing and the delivery of infrastructure services." The PC stressed that, while private financing has a role, it is not a "magic pudding", and ultimately users or taxpayers would foot the bill. The report gave extensive treatment of recommendations ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... clear, real and present danger should Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report shows that the economy added more than the magic number of 200K last month. It's gonna be a real nail biter if the fate not only of the US economy but the whole world depends ...

QE infinity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... jobs? That number was 8.0%. What happened to this number? Well hello! China's economy have been growing less than that "magic" number that prevents riots since the second quarter of last year. In the first quarter of this year, Chinese GDP grew by 7.7%...but ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, the Fed's monetary magic continues to work its magic on the equity markets. Wall Street's running up and setting new record highs along the way. The ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... number mark of 5000. It finished at 5,024.5 points yesterday. My database shows that the last time it was at or above this magic number was two years and two days ago - 11 February 2011. If you're watching the ASX 200, you'll have to go back almost three ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... obliged to control inflation, but also to boost jobs and if it can do that by talking and avoiding policy action then that's magic." He added that with the government looking to return the budget to a surplus, it was in its interests to encourage the ...

Trilogy takeover attempt piracy: LM

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... be offset by a rapidly diminishing unit price as proven by previous Trilogy takeovers," said Drake. Far from offering any magic solution to investors in the funds, Drake compares the promises being made by Trilogy to those made to investors of City Pacific. ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... seven months of the year, with only less than five months to go before year end, it's looking unlikely that it can meet that magic US$120 bil. Data from the past two years showed that China managed to pull in FDI's worth US$473.8 bil in 2010 and US$468.2 ...