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Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe and the United States were up in arms (errr, so to speak), decrying the referendum as illegal. Washington issued a statement declaring that ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... jumping were reports that, "Kim 'Duke Nukem' Jong Un has reportedly given his North Korean army the go ahead to nuke the United States." According to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, "The merciless operation of (our) revolutionary armed ...

Kapstream Capital picks up ex-T. Rowe Price head of client relations

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... specialist global fixed income manager with over $6.7 billion in assets under management and offices in both Australia and the United States.

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. The Vitality program has more than five million members across South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. The program uses research in behavioural economics to stimulate people ...

MySuper authorisations reaches 117

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... that include Betros Brothers, the Elphinstone Group, Wesfarmers, Santos limited, Pitcher Partners, Toyota, Incitec Pivot, United Technologies, Dulux and the Water Corporation of WA. Retail groups now with a MySuper authorisation are EmPlus and Max Super. ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating that: "We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join together ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... career in the male-dominated accounting industry when it was unfashionable for women to have a career. She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... years ago on Reuters - put it, "Putin has come to regard the U.S. with a mixture of dread and disdain. As he sees it, the United States engineered the fall of the Soviet Union and then, lacking its superpower opponent, encouraged East European revolutions ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Feb from plus 9.4 in Jan. Blame the weather too for the drop in retail spending in Canada (down 1.8% in December) and the United Kingdom (down 1.5% in December). Now don't get me wrong, s'il vous plait, I'm not disputing any of these for details of the ...

ASIC enhances whistleblower communication

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... does not give them that protection." He said that ASIC has monitored other systems, particularly the one in place in the United States. Medcraft said that the Australian system of civil penalties is lower than in the US and added that, contrary to the ...