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Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... road to another summit. It'll be a very pleasant surprise if they surprise as with a concerted, concrete and prompt action plan on 9 December - an early Xmas present if you will. But if not, it won't help worrying. Just as Bob Marley sings, "In every ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Australian shares rose by almost two per cent, boosted by investors' confidence that a Greek default would not extend beyond Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... could not keep on kicking the can down the road forever and cobble together a more aggressive, concrete and united action plan. In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt to stay on the defensive while we wait. Let's see what they come up with at their crisis ...

Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... $510 per year under Abbott's proposed plan, while also having to pay extra $720 a dollar a year to fund his direct action plan. "That means some older Australian couples could lose over $2,500 every year under Tony Abbott."

Global instos push for climate change action

PRESS STATEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Investment institutions including AMP, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Cbus and 178 others representing $14 trillion have signed a statement urging world leaders to agree on climate change. The statement, issued last month, outlines the ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... will take more than 15 years, rather than the current ten, said a key industry body. According to an "eight point action plan" by UK business industry body CBI, urgent short-term steps must be taken if businesses struggling with the recession are not ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... trying to battle a different foe that could prove as debilitating as any world war. The G20 weekend meeting produced an action plan to revive growth in the world economy - fitting given this coincided with news that the Eurozone has officially fallen ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Reinsurance was the overall winner of the 2008 Deloitte/IFSA Future Leaders Award for her paper that proposed a ten-point action plan to solve the country's underinsurance problems. IFSA's chief executive Richard Gilbert said Knapp's paper demonstrated ...

Govt overhauls consumer credit regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... rules on margin lending and reverse mortgages. Today the Government said it will spend $71 million under a two-phase action plan to clamp down on predatory lending practices. This includes protecting consumers from dodgy mortgage dealers and unscrupulous ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Also on the agenda for President Hu and other visiting APEC leaders is the endorsement of a new Trade Facilitation Action Plan, which will cut the cost of doing business in the region.