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Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... the media that two subsidiary companies of the RBA, Note Printing Australia and Securency, allegedly liaised with former Iraq president Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law to illegally supply plastic bank notes to the Iraqi government while it was subject ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... change by another vote by bigger mortals than Kevin and Tony.A The G20 meets on the weekend.A The agenda: Syria.A Although Iraq I and Iraq II showed that equity markets take off once the missile starts flying, and is expected to be a quick and surgical ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety and extrapolations to never never that war brings.A ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... it becomes a tax on growth to the global economy? But hang on...haven't we seen this movie before?A Yes we have...twice. Iraq War Part 1: "Operation Desert Storm" (1991) Just as today, the prelude to war had been punctuated by a hefty does of anxiety ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... some dough in the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, stayed the course during 9/11, bought bargains during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, nearly lost all the gains on the bargains I bought when the GFC struck, added some more (close but not at the March 2009 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Holdings shares fell 1.1 per cent, or 23 cents to $$20.41 after its offshore division was awarded an $US518 million contract by Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) to develop two offshore platforms. Leighton also won a $80 million mooring contract. Qantas ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... equities - fearing the jobless recovery in the 1990/91 and 2001 recessions and the oil price spike in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq-- the same issues that currently dominate the headlines. But the signs are there. Blink and it's on your rear view mir ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... before haven't we? Perhaps not Tunisia, but when the Jasmine Revolutionaries marched on the streets of Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Iraq, Morocco, Djibouti, Jordan, Oman, etc. financial markets have already factored in that the unrest would spread. So why ...