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Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten said he's delighted his new promotion to Cabinet. Yesterday's reshuffle by the Prime Minister sees Shorten elevated to a senior ministerial position for the first time, while retaining his current role in financial ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Portugal and Greece, but we now assign a 40% probability of a fall in output for the eurozone as a whole. British Prime Minister David Cameron echoed the world's sentiment for the Eurozone, "We wish them well as we want the euro zone to sort out its ...

New RBA deputy governor named

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... including the National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia, Skills Australia and the Prime Minister's Taskforce on Manufacturing. "I again thank Mr Battellino and Mr Kraehe and congratulate both Dr Lowe and Mrs Ridout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... shares jumped 2.91 per cent as investors hailed the approval of an austerity budget by the government of new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. Monti's cabinet gave its go-ahead to the crisis-busting plan on Sunday, estimating that it would save 20 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... cabinet has adopted a package of tax hikes, budget cuts and pension reforms worth 20 billion euros ($A26.44 billion). Prime Minister Mario Monti warned Italians they had to make sacrifices and said he was renouncing his own salary as prime minister in ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard told attendees at the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) community partnership trust launch in Sydney on Friday that the rise in the SG and abolition of the age cap would change peoples' futures. Pointing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. Spain's treasury had to pay a record 6.975 per cent when it raised ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 1.56 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... yesterday, as the country held its first bond auction since yields pushed past 7% last week, preceeding controversial Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation. Yields at the 3 billion euro auction hit another high of 6.29 %, causing fresh unsteadiness ...