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Airing the dirty sub-prime linen

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... expectation of further losses, Bank of America's investment banking workforce has not been so lucky with job cuts of 3,000. Some relief to these shocks and to market confidence could come from the US Federal Reserve where a rate cut is looking inevitable. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... we've had three nights of falls in the oil price that's come back almost five per cent from last Friday, so a little bit of relief there," he said. The price of crude oil closed down US0.75 cents at $US85.27 a barrel. The local banking sector was firm ...

UK closes PE tax "loophole"

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007

Investors better off without legacy

... the outdated version to avoid incurring capital gains tax costs, IFSA suggested that the industry should also gain some relief so that the process is tax neutral. Michelle Baltazar

Govt exempts terminally ill from super lump sum tax

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... said, "The superannuation changes announced on 1 July have been generally positive - however they have brought into sharp relief some anomalies in how certain benefits are taxed. We are pleased the Government has moved quickly to resolve this particular ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... director Richard Morrow said the general mood in the market was cautious and slightly nervous, tempered by something of a "relief rally" in the market. "There is a lot of relief that world markets weren't worse overnight," Mr Morrow said. "There was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... points at 2,563.16. LONDON - Britain's top share index rose as rebounding US stocks and oil and gas producers provided some relief for a market which has recently been shaken bad news out of the credit world. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,132.2 points, up ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Our transport sector is expecting a bounce of its own today following a rally in US transport stocks. There were sighs of relief all around and a dip in oil prices as Hurricane Dean missed the Mexican Gulf Oil installations. Just before Wall Street opened ...

Election looms over investment markets

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... elections since 1983, Dr Oliver notes, "there is some evidence of a period of softness in the run up to elections followed by a relief rally soon after it is over." There is also evidence that during six months leading to an election, the Australian ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

... Super Network (ISN) said the Government could have done better. "Throughout the consultative process it was assumed that relief would be granted to super funds when providing free advice on important issues for their members such as investment allocation ...