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They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... consequences will likely result, ultimately raising Treasury's long-term funding costs and increasing the burden on the American taxpayer." You can read his letter (published by the New York Times) here: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/what-happens-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised/ ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... eurozone were set to meet for an emergency summit to discuss ways to avoid a Greek default. Boeing jumped 2.2 per cent after American Airlines announced it was ordering 200 Boeing 737 passenger jets, despite the fact that the airline said it would also ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... continue to do this until time runs out to decide and raise the debt's US$14.3 trillion roof - on 2 August. Does a single American really believe they're expelling all those carbon dioxide into the atmosphere yacking for the good of the good ol' US of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Sir Richard Branson opens the Creating Climate Wealth Summit, and Navitas Ltd managing director Rod Jones addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Perth, while Medibank Private managing director George Savvides addresses a chamber ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... fallout from the Greek debt crisis, were among the biggest winners on Monday, with Bank of America gaining 3.1 per cent and American Express rising 2.5 per cent. Shares of Microsoft surged 3.7 per cent amid rumours that the software giant would release ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... real solution. I thought of suggesting doing what former US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady did to solve the Latin American crisis back in the late 1980s. It succeeded! Turns out I wasn't the only one thinking about this. The Wall Street Journal named ...

Macq expands retail sectors with new appt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... officer for Foxtel, president Asia Pacific for Readers Digest and senior management roles with Gateway, Vodafone and American Express.

Christian Super urges more transparent investment beliefs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... others to follow suit to help avoid a future financial crisis. The $600 million fund headed to New York to speak at the American Conference Institute's National Summit on the Future of Fiduciary Responsibility last week. Christian Super chairman Mark ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... the stuff sell-offs are made of but nay, nein, nyet - they stamped a buy on equities and commodities. Asia, Europe and American equities posted strong advances, punctuated by the 1.3 per cent gain in the S&P 500 index. Crude oil prices increased the ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... the aftershock that again wreaked destruction in Christchurch and the disruptions to Australian, New Zealand and South American flights caused by the ash cloud from the eruption of Chile's Puyehue volcano, and many would have panicked into selling from ...