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Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... reporting certain financial account information required by FATCA. FATCA was enacted by the US Congress to detect US taxpayers who use accounts with offshore financial institutions to conceal income from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Under the ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... about President Obama over the weekend was his upcoming beachfront holiday to Hawaii and the $4 million it will cost US taxpayers notwithstanding the Obamas booked and paid for the accommodation themselves. But the president has kept the door open to ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Jackson's 'Thriller', or Michael Jackson himself. Bloomberg reported that, in its attempt to secure more money from the US taxpayers (its fourth), AIG presented to the US government that a world without AIG would cause European banks needing to raise ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... Massachusetts - considered a very safe Democrat stronghold - might have become too loud for US President Obama not to hear. US taxpayers are angry. Furious that their taxes went into propping up banks and financial institutions who gave their employees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... came just days after Bank of America Corp repaid the entire $US45 billion ($A49.4 billion) in bailout money it owed US taxpayers. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 29.55 points, or 0.28 per cent at 10,501.05, while the S&P500 index advanced ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... up. Now let's go back to the finger - the middle one. This is Citigroup giving the 'sign' to the US government, the US taxpayers and everyone around the world still grieving over the significant erosion of their wealth. News overnight report that Citigroup ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... bankruptcy? Surely they are as valid now as they were back when its private jet flying CEO first came a begging the US taxpayers for salvation. GS (green shoots) happened is what happened. The financial system survived Bear Sterns, Lehman, Fannie and ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... this stage, we believe that a public listing for AIA would be in the best interests of all stakeholders, including US taxpayers, policyholders, employees and distribution partners." "[The] announcement represents a clear and formal roadmap for our independence. ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... assets with an equivalent amount of lucky charms? Main Street versus Wall Street Now that it has been revealed where US taxpayers' money handed down to AIG is being spent, Main Street is not happy and even President popularity is showing signs of fraying. ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... Jackson's 'Thriller', or Michael Jackson himself. Bloomberg reported that, in its attempt to secure more money from the US taxpayers (its fourth), AIG presented to the US government that a world without AIG would cause European banks needing to raise ...
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