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Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... letter argued that reducing carbon emissions was the "right thing to do - not just for the environment, but also for our economy." "Investors need predictable long-term policies to be confident to make investments in the energy sources of the future." ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Threadneedle's Gigi Chan. As Barrack Obama prepares for four more years in office in the US, the world's second largest economy is now preparing itself for what is anticipated to be one of the most significant leadership changes for a generation. Party ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... it would take very little good news to brighten investors' moods. And there were good news a-plenty overnight. China's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 8.9% in the year to the December quarter, taking overall 2011 growth down to 9.2% from 10.4% ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... financial markets' positive reaction to the, well, talks on gossips on rumours that there is now a plan to prevent the global economy and the financial markets from flushing down the loo. Long on blahs, still short on (concrete) action. That's what we ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... communique which promised to support 'the stabilisation of the global economy and financial markets' without stating how? Nice gig eh? Perhaps I am being too much of a sceptic. Perhaps the G-7 has developed a concrete plan to turn the global financial ...

Hello kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... could prompt massive capital flight. If there are no restrictions to ease the blow at that point, the effects on China's economy will be disastrous," he said.
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