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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... scheduled to speak at an Institute of Company Directors Lunch in Hobart, while Western Australian Treasurer and Attorney General Christian Porter are to address a FINSIA lunch in Perth. In Australia, the market on Thursday, closed sharply weaker on negative ...

Former AIST chief takes on age discrimination

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... operate as part of the Age Discrimination Act to tackle age discrimination in our workplaces and the wider community," said Attorney-General Robert McClelland MP. More specifically, Ryan will take notice of discrimination in getting a job, enrolling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Ltd chairman Clive Palmer addresses Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane, and Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Melbourne. On Wednesday, the Australian ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... the pension accounts of city officials, one of whom allegedly earned a 'secret' annual salary of US$800,000. Attorney General Edmund Brown subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records in the city in California called Bell. The city's ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... major banks including JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America. The banks, which are being investigated by state attorneys-general, have suspended foreclosures while they review whether they were complying with the law when they foreclosed on delinquent mortgages. ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... national manager of technical services at ING Australia, said trustees are already encouraged to file an Enduring Power of Attorney when they set up an SMSF to address issues around ageing. The legal document allows someone, such as a family member ...

Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... pension accounts of city officials, one of whom allegedly earned a 'secret' annual salary of US$800,000. Last week, Attorney General Edmund Brown subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records in the city in California called Bell. The ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray last week announced the $800 million-plus securities class action settlement against American International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Mexico oil spill. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged shortly before the close of trade and minutes after Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement. Stocks in energy companies and oil service providers tumbled on the news, and other stocks ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... and others like it -- that are now feeling the tremors. The Los Angeles Times reports that California's State Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing that other player in the subprime debacle - the ratings company Moody's Investor Services. According to ...