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Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... against future stresses, taking the total common equity requirements to 7 per cent. Reactions have been mixed with the American Bankers Association and other groups speaking out against the new proposal while some are relived that it was not more severe ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... maturity. Lenders can earn 5.5 per cent on five-year bonds issued by the Polish government as against only 1.46 per cent for American-issued debt of similar maturity. And as for Czech bonds, they offered a yield of 2.8 per cent for three years. Purchase ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... brother's shores. It's Labor Day in the USA, heralding the start of the period when US politicians promise each every American that they will mow their subjects' lawns, do their laundry or clean their toilets in return for a seat in Congress at the coming ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
American International Assurance (AIA) has beaten Prudential, Life Insurance corporation of India and Ping An Insurance to be the top insurance brand in Asia. According to a survey by TNS and Media, AIA has won the top spot in financial services (insurance ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
"Girl on a swing, swing high Girl on a swing, swing low... She comes with the light Then goes with the night..." Gerry & the Pacemakers must be looking into Wall Street 2010 when they sang this tune back in 1966. "Girl on a swing, swing high." The S&P ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... of the larger property transactions in recent months include the $3.8 billion purchase of prime office assets by North-American company Brookfield Properties Corporation and the $1.4 billion sale of the ING Retail Property Fund to Lend Lease and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... Melbourne, the chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Tony D'Aloisio, addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. On Thursday, the Australian share market posted a second successive day of good gains with ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... stocks fell, erasing most of the previous day's gain, and Treasuries rallied as a slower- than-estimated increase in American personal incomes fueled concern the economic rebound is slowing." Kelly Bit in New York wrote this piece at 16:16 EDT. Spin ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... Markets took heart from comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke of the central bank providing more support the American economy if necessary, Mr Heffernan said. "His comments have been totally consistent," Mr Heffernan said. "If they see ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... government's money anyway. Not to mention they get to live rent-free while foreclosure proceedings are afoot. Ahhh, the American dream! But as we've seen yesterday, the psychology changes when, to borrow Robert Schiller's quote, the government stops ...