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PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... seats. Recall that the Howard government won control of the senate in 2004 following the collapse of the Australian Democrats that saw its middle class voter base return to their Liberal Party origins. The Victorian ALP's preference deal miscalculation ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... to listening to words that comes out of politicians' mouths. Wall Street had been on edged ever since Obama and the Democrats met their Waterloo in Massachusetts. Sure, there's also China - and it's fine tuning (yes, fine-tuning, not tightening) and ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... the lights all went out in Massachusetts...I will remember Massachusetts." It might as well be President Obama and the Democrats singing this song instead of the Bee Gees. Suddenly, the Democrats are on notice. It's no longer a one-way street. I still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Investors moved back into stocks on hopes that a special election in Massachusetts will take away power from Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care. The vote on Tuesday to fill the seat of late Sen ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... to government-ordered restructurings, divestitures or break-ups. Meanwhile Pensions and Investments report that the Democrats have beaten back an attempt to weaken a key provision of the reforms bill - the proposed creation of a Consumer Financial Protection ...

Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... analysed the political contributions and stock holdings of US fund managers over a 15-year period (from 1992 to 2006). Democrats are defined as those managers with net positive contributions for federal Democratic candidates and vice versa for Republicans. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... provided support. But trade was very thin, with investors wary amid uncertainty about how well Japan's newly elected Democrats will be able to govern and ahead of US indicators, including the ISM manufacturing index that was due later on Tuesday. Turnover ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... emerge stronger than before." While US President Barack Obama's words garnered applause and a standing ovation from both Democrats and the Republicans in the US Congress, Wall Street gave a whispered, almost sarcastic 'yey' judging from its overnight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... bill auctioned with a zero percent yield on Tuesday saw that rate increase. Stocks rose following a sell-off Tuesday as Democrats in Congress and the White House finalized an agreement on $15 billion in aid for Detroit's struggling car companies. However ...

Social investment MIS targets community projects

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Affordability Fund and a Fair Finance Fund. Foresters boasts among its directors Cheryl Kernot, former senator and Australian Democrats leader and Labor Party MP.