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Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... their normal tactic of strongly opposing Democrat sponsored legislation to increase the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to major budget cuts. The change in the GOP tactics came after President Obama refused to negotiate over Speaker ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Paris slipped 0.10 per cent to 4,086.86 points. Milan tumbled 1.44 per cent and Madrid shed 0.84 per cent. President Barack Obama hailed the two-year spending deal as a sign of rare bipartisan co-operation in the strife-filled legislature. The euro climbed ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... are slim, as it is unlikely to pass through the US Senate and even if it did it would most likely be vetoed by President Obama, according to Bloomberg reports. The bill is a reaction by Republicans to what they believe is regulatory overreach by the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... (0.83 per cent) to reach 3,791.87. Investor anxiety eased on Thursday after Republican leaders offered President Barack Obama a short term extension of the US government's borrowing authority so as to stave off a possible debt default. By Friday, there ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... 15th of January and raise the debt ceiling until 7th of February. These mean that the shutdown ends tomorrow when President Obama signs the deal into law and...we get treated to the same Washington theatrics starting in the middle of January next year. ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... form...and recent history, it looks like the political powers in Washington will again take it to the limit. US President Obama must be wishing he was Chinese Premier Li Kequiang instead where he can dictate outcomes, any outcome...or heads will roll. ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... the US of progress in negotiations to raise the country's debt ceiling. Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama, enough to send global markets higher, even though the talks are yet to result in a clear outcome. All sectors on the local ...