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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... spending cuts are scheduled to start January 1 unless a deal is reached to reduce the US budget deficit. The Wall Street Journal reported that budget negotiations between the White House and Republican House Speaker John Boehner had "progressed steadily" ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... the phrase, "what Wen wants Wen gets when Wen wants". China is really headed in the right direction. As 'The Wall Street Journal's' MarketWatch reports, "Ministers from Japan, China and South Korea are likely to declare the launch of negotiations to ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... also good because this reflected the increase in the participation rate from 63.6% to 63.8% in October. The 'Wall Street Journal's' MarketBeat offered an explanation in its headline: "Good Jobs Reports = Less QE3 = Stocks Dropping". I don't think this ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... a request for a line of credit from the EU's new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Wall Street Journal reported. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies jumped the next day by 1.12 per cent to close at 5870.54 points. ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... year to September - and the surge in iron ore imports - reported yesterday mark the start of a new trend. The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reports that the resurgence of shipments of iron ore to China "became clear in mid-September when 29 vessels--the ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... go a-begging... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can assure you ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an s. According to WSJ, it re-stated it 2011 ...

NFL dispute over 401(k) touches down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... more money in officiating as long as it assures long-term improvement," lawyers representing the NFL told The Wall Street Journal. NFL referee salaries, currently at about $150,000 pa, will also progressively increase to $200,000 by 2018 when a new contract ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... folks, he was at it again last night. Non-voting FOMC member and Philly Fed president Charles Plosser told the Wall Street Journal about his doubts over the Fed's latest move and that, "I don't think we will be in a much different position than what ...