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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... after slipping by 0.3 per cent in April. Activity was undermined by the number of public holidays and bridging days, the ministry explained. The euro rose to $US1.3604 from $US1.3595 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell as ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Prime Minister Abbott said that the Senator "had done the right thing" and he looked forward to his "restoration to the ministry." Earlier today, the Federal Opposition put pressure on Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to make a full statement to ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... standing aside. However The Australian is reporting that he was "weighing up" whether to stand aside from the Abbott ministry. Yesterday, counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson told the Commission that as a board member of AWH Sinodinos was ...

Hockey to head Treasury and Cormann Finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... points. Israel acknowledged the successful launch of a missile in a joint exercise with the United States. Moscow's defence ministry earlier said it had detected the launch of two ballistic missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean fired towards ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... and it will be set at $35,000 for those 60 and over from 1 July, 2013, and for those 50 and over from 1 July, 2014. The Ministry estimates that the reform will reduce the tax liability of around 40,000 people in 2013 and 2014 by around $1,100 on average. ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... contagion made in Spain. In fact, latest reports out of Madrid show that things are beginning to look up. Spain's Labour Ministry reported that the number of people filing for jobless benefits dropped for a second consecutive month in May, by 98,265 ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013