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America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... announced the issuance of a new auction to raise capital for the Fed. To quote the press release, 'Today, the Treasury Department announced the initiation of a temporary Supplementary Financing Program. The program will consist of a series of Treasury ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Fed has just confirmed the arrangement. "The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday, with the full support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) under ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... to cross the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a Category 3 with winds of up to 130 mph on Saturday morning. The US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service announced that about 95.9 percent of oil production and about 73.1 percent of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... to bargain hunting in sectors including financials and consumer staples. Wall Street initially fell after the Labor Department reported that payrolls shrank more than predicted last month, and that the unemployment rate reached a five-year high. The ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... slowdown led to a broad-based sell-off in equities. Concerns over the global economy re-emerged after the US Labor Department's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims led to speculation that tomorrow's US payrolls report could be weaker-than-expected. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices. The Commerce Department gave the market modest comfort when it said orders for manufactured products rose by 1.3 per cent in July. The figure was ...

ASIC restructures staff line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is investing significant man power in its financial economy and investigation and prosecution departments as the regulator undergoes a radical restructure of its staff line up. ASIC's strategic ...

Pax fined for SRI breach

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... the charges with the fund managers of the Growth Fund and the High Yield Bond Fund, the head of the Social Research department, Pax World's outside counsel and the chief compliance officer all no longer working for the group.

Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... employees to skill up in ESG integration and collaborate with others." The academy received a $50,000 grant from the department of environment, heritage and the arts.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... In news today, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity for June will be released, and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) will release its killed vacancies survey for August. In company news ...