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Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding to Signs Economy May Enter a Recession. News.com.au headline: Jobless rate edges ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... and Australia. Guess what? China's knees are buckling. As more economic dominoes fall, the more punches it receives. Bloomberg reported last night that Chinese exports fell by 2.2 per cent in the year to November - the first time in seven years. This ...

BPM measures carbon impact

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Meanwhile, O'Brien said the company is looking to team up with a historical financial information providers such as Bloomberg or Thomson to develop a forecasting model that uses two or three years of historical data.

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are some of the overnight news headlines reported by Bloomberg., Jobless Rolls in US Rise to 25-Year High, Exports Plunge on Global Slump, US Budget Deficit Swells to Record $237.2 Billion ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... race - the US Presidential Race - the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) wrote last week that: 'According to Bloomberg, US stocks have generally rebounded a year after the Democrats take office. 'Since 1900, the Dow Average rose 9.8 per cent ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... have not long to wait. Next week's US presidential elections could be that spark - but only if Obama wins. According to Bloomberg, US stocks have generally rebounded a year after the Democrats take office. 'Since 1900, the Dow Average rose 9.8 per cent ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... the media interpret the daily movements in the stockmarket. Wall Street rallied almost 11 per cent last night. Here is Bloomberg's interpretation, 'Stocks rallied and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second-best point gain as the cheapest ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... expected to get such a smooth ride. This morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the bill 74 to 25, reported Bloomberg. But with only one-third of US Senators up for election in November, political commentators have said there was always ...

Omgeo gives edge to hedge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... the IT support alone. The company said in a statement that its partnership with other technology firms such as Advent, BLOOMBERG AIM, Charles River Development, Eze Castle Software, Linedata, Sophis and Tradar to be instrumental in automating the post-trade ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Capital Sabre Fund, named the world best performing hedge fund for the last five years and in the last year according to Bloomberg. The homegrown manager gained 265 per cent over the last 12 months and averaged 120 per cent per annum since 2002. Also ...