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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... fell more than 1.8 per cent on Thursday, hitting a three-year low on worries about the financial crisis despite the US Senate approving a mortgage debt bailout. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei 225 index shed 213.5 points, or 1.88 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, shortly after the US Senate approved the Wall Street bailout package. Shortly before noon AEST, the Senate voted 74-25 in favour of the $US700 billion ($A887 billion) package aimed at keeping the US economy ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The bail-out legislation has been overwhelmingly approved by the US Senate, but the bigger test will be the congressional vote tomorrow, which isn't expected to get such a smooth ride. This morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the ...

Rescuing the rescue package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
An eerie calm fell over Wall Street and European markets overnight as investors sat on the fence ahead of the US Senate's vote over the financial sector rescue package. The Senate is widely expected to rescue the rescue package but it would not become ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... broader All Ordinaries climbed 183.2 points, or 3.96 per cent, to 4,814.5. NEW YORK - Financial markets uneasily awaited a US Senate vote on the government's proposed financial sector bailout early this morning (AEST), with stock prices showing sharp ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... investment bank bail-out breaches the US constitution are making it difficult for Congress to quickly approach the bill. At Senate Banking Committee hearings on Capitol Hill, Senator Christopher J Dodd, a Democrat congressman, said, "After reading this ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... sex couples to access a partner's superannuation death benefit easier and more tax effectively. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, ASFA said it supported the Same Sex Relationships Bill in its current ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... been there from the beginning. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, was the chair of the senate committee of superannuation back in 1990 where he presided over the passage of the superannuation guarantee (SG) payments jumping ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major report even though despite the report being 238 ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... of any sovereign fund in the world. Paul Costello, Future Fund Management Agency general manager however explained to a Senate inquiry last week that the poor level of disclosure ranking was due to the fund being relatively new, the investment strategy ...