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Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... the recent flare-up of tension between the two Koreas and more recently the Israel-Lebanon incident. Japan. It's Prime Minister resigned yesterday just after less than nine months in office, presenting another uncertainty over the outlook for its economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... - France's CAC-40 index lost 1.58 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 3,501.50. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation triggered a volatile day of trade. Hatoyama's resignation came less than nine months after his ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Japanese shares lost 0.58 per cent on profit-taking, with risk appetite slimmed by speculation that Japan's troubled Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama would resign ahead of key July elections. The headline Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 56.87 ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... It's their fiscal irresponsibility. It's the Eurozone's uncohesive political governments. Or if you believe Greek Prime Minister Papandreou, it's the US investment banks' fault. Wasn't it not even a year ago that almost everyone and his dog were diversifying ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... risk in the joint venture arrangement." The MCA being the architect of the 'super profits tax' does not excuse Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's initial difficulty in explaining how the tax restructure would work, but it does highlight that the current political ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... amid all these speculations, this is not yet a done deal. Again, I call to the witness stand former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's L-A-W tax cuts. What's a done deal is more interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank of Australia - if not ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... of 5 per cent. The alternative is to go begging in the financial markets and pay almost double this rate. Greek Prime Minister Papandreou is maintaining a brave face. "I want to reiterate one more time that all we announced and that is included in the ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... formalised its response to the Ripoll advice practices review and the increasingly controversial Henry taxation review. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's difficulties in negotiating his hospital reform package, following his failure to implement the CPRS in ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... respond to changing public policy settings and consumer backlash following the failure of the Copenhagen talks and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ETS legislation only helped to derail the growth of the ESG industry. Mather said that without leadership from ...