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Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... tipped to exceed $50 billion accompanied by a blow-out in the government's borrowing requirement is threatening the Prime Minister's promise to boost age pensions in next month's budget. Following last year's budget there was an outcry from pensioner ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... lowered, even just temporarily to help stimulate the economy, would be an economic disaster, warned former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating. At the end of last year, a group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... state-owned banks to meet its target of at least 5 trillion yuan in new lending this year. According to Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, China's real economy is also improving. Industrial production rose by 8.3 per cent in the year to March - the first ...

GFC Problem solved

... institutions and credit-raters and limits to executive renumeration, among others. In highlighting their achievement, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared that, 'This is the day the world came together to fight back against the global recession, not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... reversed early gains to fall 126.55 points, or 1.54 per cent, to 8,109.53. There is mounting expectation that Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will unveil a new stimulus package, on top of about Y12 trillion ($A181.04 billion) in public spending announced ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
'Can I just add my voice to this. I think the prime minister is incredibly, is A-plus on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... shortage then, it is too many jobs lost now. The Opposition took 5.2 per cent and shoved it in front of Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd' face saying, you're a dud. Your spending has not worked. But consider this, 'The Economist' printed edition dated ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Bruni, first lady to French President (I wouldn't mind queuing up if she was serving), Sarah Brown, wife of the UK Prime Minister, could all soon be taking their aprons out of their closets. Our own Therese Rein may not be far behind. Better yet, why ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... highlighted APRA's concern on executive remuneration and its alignment to long-term risk management. In response to the Prime Minister's request, APRA is developing a principles based framework focused on the structure of executive remuneration. The ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... become a significant aspect of the Rudd Labor government's re-election platform, especially following the GFC, Prime Minister Rudd's repeated speeches about what he believes are the causal factors that led to the crisis, and the expected outcomes of ...