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End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced legislation yesterday to make it easier ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... perhaps reflects the embodiment of this saga now known as the GFC. Yes, it has always been normal for a few or more US Senators to vent their spleen at the Fed's conduct of monetary policy every time re-nomination day comes. And at the end of the day ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... impact financial services reforms because, if the polls are right, a new parliament is likely to contain more minor party Senators and make it less likely major changes to wealth management will be resisted. The severity of the findings released this ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the bill 74 to 25, reported Bloomberg. But with only one-third of US Senators up for election in November, political commentators have said there was always likely to be less resistance to the bill ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... calling for action to stop genocide in Darfur in Sudan. In the actions against Fidelity, the SDC also convinced local state Senators to help pressure the money manager. "Following months of pressure by activists, Fidelity now appears to be taking steps ...

Battlers support super contributions

... surcharge reduction measures announced at the same time" said IFSA CEO Richard Gilbert. IFSA had lobbied independent senators and the democrats to support the legislation. IFSA believes the co-contribution scheme would also benefit the X and Y generation. ...

Labor to support FTA with US

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... property provisions and for local content quotas for local television to be enshrined in legislation. But left-wing MPs and senators argued against the agreement, concerned about the FTA\'s impact on pharmaceutical prices and jobs. The decision to support ...

New super laws pass through parliament

... amendment to cap the entitlement of the eight most senior ministers. But while the new law will ensure newly elected MP's and senators will now only receive a 9% taxpayer-funded contribution, sitting ministers have voted to continue the scheme which ...

Labor, coalition combined to defend current MP super benefits

Labor and coalition senators combined to resist the passage of legislation through the Senate yesterday that would have seen superannuation entitlements for MP's wound back levels in line with community standards. A Senate Inquiry was told last month ...

War veteran pension increase announced

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Disabled war veterans will receive more generous pensions after coalition MPs and senators approved an extra $267 million benefits package. Prime Minister John Howard said thousands of veterans would benefit from eight main changes to benefits. The ...