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AAP | MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

... 20,000 on the border, stoked the tensions between Moscow and the West, but had no real impact on markets. Neither did Britain's raising its terror threat level risk to "severe", with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the Islamic State jihadist ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014

... stances gives Virginia, I and Irene comfort that global liquidity will remain free-flowing - almost free in the US and Britain and will be flowing more (sooner rather than later) in Japan and the Eurozone - for a "considerable time". "Re-Evaluating Labour ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014

... accounts for 70% of Obamaville's economy) that it's so good. The FTSE-100's happy - up 0.4% -- for it's even better in Britain. While the economy's definitely looking up in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay ...

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AAP | MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014

... index lost 1.53 per cent to 9,644.01. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dipped 0.44 per cent to stand at 6,791.55 points. Britain's economy grew 0.8 per cent between April and June, overtaking levels it achieved before the global financial crisis, the ...

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AAP | MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014

... tax-cutting $US54 billion takeover deal with Dublin-based Shire Pharmaceuticals as it plans to switch its tax base to Britain to avoid higher US taxes. AbbVie rose 2.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia releases ...

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AAP | THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014

... China and an improved picture in Portugal, dealers say. London's FTSE 100 rallied 1.11 per cent to 6,784.67 points as Britain's unemployment rate hit 6.5 per cent in the three months to May - the lowest point since late 2008. Frankfurt's benchmark DAX ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014

... now). Not about those speeches and gabs delivered in Beijingese -- some of which may be lost in translation. Writing in Britain's The Times newspaper, Premier Li told the world what's on his mind: "China's economy needs to grow at a proper rate, expected ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014

... last year - no one believed the UK could do it. This is exemplified by Reuters' headline on 27 June 2013 which read: "Britain's double dip recession revised away, but picture still grim"....and Reuters concluded that, "...the economy remains fragile ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014

... by Westfield Group, into a new entity called Scentre. Westfield Group's international business, which includes malls in Britain and the United States, would become Westfield Corporation. UniSuper said it bought into WRT because WRT was a lowly-geared ...

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AAP | TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014

... while Pfizer fell 2.6 per cent on some disappointing signals in quarterly results and a hint it might take its push to buy Britain's AstraZeneca to shareholders, turning the bid hostile. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended mixed, with worries ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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