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Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... prices. Gulf War 1 in the 1990's sent oil prices soaring by 166% -- from a low of US$15.43 a barrel in June 1990 (before Saddam's adventure in Kuwait) to a high of US$41.07 by October of the same year (as Coalition forces prepared to kick Saddam's butt). ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... European revolutions and then the removal of Russian allies and clients like Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi." Also, according to Kempe, Putin considers "Perestroika and then Glasnost" the ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... two subsidiary companies of the RBA, Note Printing Australia and Securency, allegedly liaised with former Iraq president Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law to illegally supply plastic bank notes to the Iraqi government while it was subject to United Nations ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... those regions? No, no, no and no. Have you now revised your spreadsheets and made major adjustments? Same way you did when Saddam Hussein was no more? I don't think so. So before you follow the crowd, ask yourself if bin-L's passing into the afterlife ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... your list of worries - it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red again with geo-political risk on reports that Lebanon fired at Israeli warplanes. ...

Latham poll shows election to be close: Costello

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
... doubt about that," Mr Costello said. Mr Costello would not buy into suggestions that the capture of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein would boost the coalition's chances at the election. "I don't think we should see what is a massive win for justice ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar remains strong

... ground with the prospect of continuing conflict in Iraq to remain a dampener for the US currency despite the capture of Saddam. "Even with the capture of Suddam, these things are going to be ongoing problems for the US dollar to start to turn around ...

Morning Market Wrap: Greenback gains short-lived

... climbed back above US 74 cents to reach a fresh six-year high overnight after gains in the greenback following the capture of Saddam Hussein proved short-lived. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7432/37 compared with yesterday's ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds weaker at noon

... remained weaker at noon, but was off its morning lows, after the US currency rose on news overnight that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been captured. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7389/92 compared with Friday's close ...

Morning Market Wrap: US dollar strong following Hussein capture

The Australian dollar lost ground against the US currency following news of the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein yesterday. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7367/72 compared with Friday's close of 0.7412/17. During ...
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