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Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... China Industrial Output And Retail Sales Growth Slows In Aug (RTT News) China Imports Falter As Consumers Fail To Deliver (Forbes) China Money-Supply Growth Eases to Five-Month Low (Bloomberg) Chinese fixed asset investment and industrial production ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... expenditure slowing to 9.6% in the year to July from 26.1% in the previous month. But the PBOC is not letting up. According to Forbes magazine, "On Friday night, the PBOC announced some selective easing measures designed to encourage loans to small business ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... rare game While the approach has brought a huge amount of success - Neilson's net worth was estimated at US$3 billion in Forbes' latest rebalancing of its World's Billionaires list - it seems that a love and a passion for investing, rather than money ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... financial and operational risks". John Mutch, CEO of BeyondTrust, a security and compliance solutions specialist, wrote in Forbes magazine that cybersecurity requires an 'all or nothing' approach. Manual processes are also no defence, he said, because ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... increased in the past year by $786.65 million to $19.89 billion, but she fell from a ranking of 36 to 46 in the latest Forbes Magazine rich list. Her wealth has declined from two years ago, as the price of iron ore fell, and she focussed on securing ...

Market Vectors ETFs appoint two directors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Prior to joining Market Vectors Australia he held senior positions at Perpetual Limited, Grange Securities and Alexander Forbes in South Africa. "I am delighted to announce the appointment of two highly reputable and skilled professionals to our team ...

LinkedIn the fastest-growing tech company... again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
LinkedIn was by far the fastest-growing tech company over the past 12 months, according to Forbes' list, America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013 With a three-year average sales growth of 102%, LinkedIn beat second-place Facebook (87 %), and third-place ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... from all over the world hoping to get new insight into Buffet's blockbusting investment strategy. The 82-year old, who Forbes lists as the fourth wealthiest man in the world with an estimated fortune of US$53.5 billion, also warned amateurs about the ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... however matches the proportion of women on European and US company boards, according to reports from the Bloomberg and Forbes news services. As low as these proportions are, they at least far exceed the proportion of women chairpersons and chief executives ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is, once again, the Australian furthest up the annual Forbes list of wealthiest billionaires, coming in at number 36. Forbes estimated her wealth at $17 billion and suggested that lower iron ore prices may have knocked a ...