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Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... crisis. But for China, the GFC might as well stand for 'Good for China'. For the same financial crisis that continue to worry governments and central banks of many developed economies has elevated China onto the world stage. Latest reports show that ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... the stability of inflation expectations, to contribute to the maintenance of low inflation in the period ahead." So why worry about inflation - especially because of one month's number from a volatile economic stat that isn't even a major factor in the ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... program to other cities nationally next year. The idea came about after a company survey revealed many insurance brokers worry about climate change but don't quite know how to talk about it with their clients. The answer was a one-day training program ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... question mark over the strength/continuation of the US recovery) is beginning to show signs of a significant improvement, or worry that the Fed would take the punch bowl away early. So heeeeeere's Benny setting the record straight. "Though we have begun ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The list has been drawn and is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... also sapped buying sentiment. Mixed earnings and economic reports offered little insight into one of the market's biggest worry points: how much consumers are spending. Retailers Home Depot Inc, Saks Inc and Target Corp all reported better-than-expected ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... doing 'whatever it takes, for as long as it takes' to keep the crowd coming. You've read in this space how I have began to worry that, in time, the trillions of dollars of US deficit spending could end in tears for the US dollar. In time, Wall Street ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Put aside mortgage worries and losing one's job - Australians are more concerned about having enough money to retire on than keeping the family home and their work, new research by ASFA shows. Recent findings from Auspoll commissioned by the Association ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... its budget deficit and ease foreign investors' worries but...cause disaster for the domestic economy. Foreign investors worry. USA Inc. could raise interest rates. Higher returns would attract foreign investors but... cause disaster for the domestic ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... commensurate to the amount of liquidity that is flooding the system. When everyone becomes a bull, that's the time to start to worry. "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up, for you the flag is flung, for you the bugle trills..." ...