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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing German economic data and ahead of Wednesday's report on US retail sales. At 0804 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up four ...

More data leads to more bad decisions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The human brain is biologically incapable of processing the reams of data it receives, and the more data we try to process without help, the more bad decision we will make. That was the message of evolutionary biologist Rebecca Costa's speech that closed ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
"Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again So let's sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again." -- Lou Levin It appears to be working... calling invasion, incursions, strikes or what have you's "humanitarian missions" works. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on US and European bourses amid escalating tensions between the West and Russia, and talk of possible military action by the US. At 0830 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... humanitarian mission". Yup, the combatants have all become humanitarians now! What a relief for you and for me and the entire human race 'ey? Obama started the joke. Time magazine reported on 7 August that "Obama Authorizes Air Strikes, Humanitarian ...

Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... which is seeing a 10,000% improvement in the standard of living in the space of one lifetime, is unprecedented in all of human history and will have huge ramifications for the balance of power in the global economy. He explained that in purchasing power ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... applying to advice on switching financial products. The regulator has concerns regarding PGW's failure to maintain adequate human and technological resources and records of financial services provided to clients. ASIC expressed concern that PGW failed ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Australian Philanthropic Services, Suncorp Group and Fusion Retail Brands." The non-independent director appointment was Mercer's human resources leader for the Pacific Michele Glover, who will join the Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd (MAPL) board. "Mercer ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... supermarket giant setting up two pilot site in-store kiosks in Georgia and South Carolina almost as a hybrid digital and human interaction 'clicks and mortar' approach. The Wall Street Journal reported that the new strategy is partly in response to pressure ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... slow/stall tapering or even increase purchases - "asset purchases are not a preset course" (FOMC statement). However, no rational human being can take delight at man's inhumanity to man. It is human life that has now become a bargain.