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Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... you're at it, throw in the spike in oil prices resulting from the on-going instability in the Middle East - yes, the one in Syria and the nuclear sabre-rattling between Iran and Israel (and the US). And voila! We get a sharp sell-off on everything that ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... until we see what the actual stats reveal, we might just as well call it a year and go join and help in the liberation of Syria. That'll be a more productive use of our time. You go first Irene. The point is that the eco stats and surveys that have been ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Blink and you would have missed it. Financial markets are back in forward gear once more. They have been over the past three trading days inspite of the severe calamities and geo-political tensions that came their way not even a full three months into ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... months and a one-time payment of US$3,560. Again, now why would anyone want to protest against these? Reports show that Syria and Sudan are also engaging in the same political stimulus. Certainly the situation in Libya is dire and the threat of a domino ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Malaysia is stepping up its push to become a world centre of Islamic finance with the release of a Shari'ah Governance Framework for Islamic Financial institutions that will apply to Islamic organisations from June this year. Development of the framework ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... terror-sponsoring countries. Definitions vary by state with terror-sponsoring countries most commonly identified as Iran, Sudan, Syria and North Korea. FTSE's index will screen out companies with active or current non-humanitarian ties in or with countries ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip

... cut its workforce by a further 350 maintenance staff. In world news, the US Administration has been talking tough against Syria claiming that Damascus is harbouring top Iraqi officials and banned chemical weapons. All Ordinaries: 2944.40 (+0.00) Dow ...
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