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Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011

... Congressional approval won't be easy as the jobs program announcement has already ignited criticism from influential Republicans. Congress is held by the GOP with 49 seat majority and getting 25 of them to cross the floor won't be easy when they have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011

... have swirled over whether the package would pass the House of Representatives, where both conservative "Tea Party" Republicans and liberal Democrats expressed opposition to it. Meanwhile, a closely-watched report on US manufacturing added to concerns ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE | MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011

... about raising the debt ceiling has been both bitter and protracted. With two days to spare, President Obama urged both Republicans and Democrats to support the initiative. "We're not done yet: I want to urge members of both parties to do the right thing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011

... Treasury says it will run out of cash, global markets are looking to Washington, where the White House, Democrats and Republicans have failed to agree a deficit-cutting plan. Tokyo ended 0.69 per cent, or 68.32 points, lower at 9,833.03 as data showing ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011

... I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head" (The Sky is Falling) as it watched the Democrats and the Republicans play a game of - well, chicken. Financial markets remained on edge as headlines continue to print the words "stalemate", "deadlock" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011

... 1,337.43, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 16.03 points (0.56 per cent) to stand at 2,842.80. Democrats and Republicans battled over the weekend and again throughout Monday over whose debt-and-deficit reduction plan was better, while investors ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011

... so. Remember what you read on this space yesterday, "...nearly there is not the same as already there. Democrats and Republicans would drag this out until the 11th hour hoping to get extra concessions from the other side." Sure enough Bloomberg reports ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011

... me to say it? I told you so! There I said it. However, nearly there is not the same as already there. Democrats and Republicans would drag this out until the 11th hour hoping to get extra concessions from the other side. For as I explained yesterday ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011

... divide remain in stalemate over the avenue to take to resolve the problem. The Democrats proposed tax increases. The Republicans don't. The Republicans want deeper spending cuts and measures to cap government spending and indelibly ink a 'balanced budget' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011

... Wednesday. Even so, there has been little visible progress in negotiations between President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans. The Standard and Poor's 500 stock index finished with a gain of 7.27, or 0.6 per cent, to 1,316.14. Most of the gains ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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