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2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Whatever Crisis? Hardly. Financial markets shrugged off talk of "mayhem" and "turmoil" to trade roughly as normal Monday, in same cases a little better. The Australian dollar closed higher than ... Peter Martin - Economics, Canberra - 2:29 p.m. Tuesday 24th August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Contrary to the current gloomy atmospherics, it is entirely possible that a minority (Coalition?) government could be a positive for both financial markets and the economy more generally in the ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Monday 23rd August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

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After years of ignoring broadband, we at last have a Liberal politician putting forward the ‘right’ opposition argument on the National Broadband Network. Malcolm Turnbull says it is a private ... CoreEconomics - 8:56 p.m. Monday 16th August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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The $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) is one of the biggest individual financial investments Australian taxpayers will ever make. When it was originally announced, taxpayers were only going to ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Monday 16th August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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It's opportunity cost . You would be amazed at how many people don't get it. Christopher Joye is someone who does. Here are his twitter posts today: I wonder whether ... Peter Martin - Economics, Canberra - 5:22 p.m. Friday 13th August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month ago

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There have been two recent skirmishes around interest rates and whether we should cultivate population growth or productivity. Yesterday's debate between Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey resulted in the standard ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Tuesday 10th August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 1 week ago

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By: Belinda Luc After 17 consecutive monthly gains, home values took a tumble in the month of June, falling 0.7 per cent with no growth over the June quarter, new ... Mortgage Business - 10:19 a.m. Monday 2nd August 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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1 month, 1 week ago

Property vs shares: which asset class is best? - Moderator: James Dunn, The Australian; Panelists: Michael Yardney, Metropole Property Investment Strategists; Ron Bewley, Woodhall Investment Research; Chris Joye, Rismark - VANGUARD WEALTH SERIES Audio Video spacer

The debate over shares versus shacks continues to stir passions Property vs shares: which asset class is best? - Moderator: James Dunn, The Australian; Panelists: Michael Yardney, Metropole Property Investment ... BoardroomRadio Audio - 2 p.m. Wednesday 28th July 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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A few weeks ago two of my friends (on the same day in fact) shared some lengthy stories that, while not about economics, are worth the read. Here is Shane ... CoreEconomics - 10:37 p.m. Monday 19th July 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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There is a better-than-even-money chance rates will rise in August. This would be a remarkable turnaround given that futures markets were pricing in rate cuts only a week or so ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Monday 12th July 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months ago

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Following on from the ABC's recent revelation of deep KGB infiltration of Australian politics during the cold war, I thought I might offer up my own, previously untold spy story. ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Wednesday 7th July 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 1 week ago

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By: Staff Reporter Australia’s capital cities have recorded positive growth for the second consecutive month, latest figures show. According to RP Data-Rismark’s May index, capital city values were up 0.6 ... Mortgage Business - 9:20 a.m. Thursday 1st July 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

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So Australia has its first female prime minister. And, for that matter, our first, 'First Man'. Or perhaps that should be our 'First Boyfriend' given the absence of formal nuptials ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Thursday 24th June 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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By: Jessica Darnbrough Macquarie Funds Group has taken a 53 per cent stake in Sydney-based residential real estate funds management and research group Rismark for an undisclosed amount. According to ... Mortgage Business - 9:10 a.m. Monday 21st June 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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During 2009 and 2010, Daily Reckoning, Money Morning and Money Weekend published a number of articles relating to Mr. Christopher Joye and Rismark International. Those articles contained significant factual errors ... Money Morning AU - 2:24 p.m. Friday 18th June 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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