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Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson in that year [1790]" where "the US federal government assumed all the debt incurred by the US states during the War of Independence, laying the foundation for a strong central ...

CSC and Infratil make another co-investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and Infratil have been given the green light to progress an acquisition of Canberra Data Centres - a provider of outsourced data centre services. New Zealand-based Infratil said it recently received Foreign ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial shutdown of the US federal government and the country is edging closer a deadline to raise its debt ceiling. If the debt ceiling isn't increased by October 17, the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Democrats in the US. If the two sides cannot reach an agreement by the start of the new budget on October 1, the US Federal government will face a shutdown. "Obviously, there is some concern about whether Republicans and Democrats will come to an agreement ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Members of the US federal government and uniformed employees Thrift Savings Plan have had employer contributions into US government securities suspended as part the US Treasury's plan to avoid breaching the debt ceiling. The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... the worst of the Global Financial Crisis and only survived as a result of $US50 billion TARP loan from the US federal government. Pension liabilities weren't the only cause of GM's problems but most analysts believed they contributed to excessive costs ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A record breaking 16.5 per cent swing last weekend against the NSW Labor Party has the potential to derail many of the Gillard federal government's reforms, pushing a nervous federal government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...

Lend Lease says Bovis covered by US govt captive insurer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
... Roger Burrows told AAP. Lend Lease said Bovis was protected by a captive insurance company set up by the US federal government to cover any claims in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September. A captive insurance company ...
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