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THE NEWS WRAP: Gillard opens door to compromise as media reforms falter
3:28PM | Monday, 18 MarchPrime Minister Julia Gillard is fighting to keep proposed media reforms alive, following an interview on the ABC’s Lateline program where independent Tony Windsor expressed concerns about the package. "I don't think the numbers are there for a great portion of this to get through," Windsor said. Meanwhile, Fairfax media reports that the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, and Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr have shifted their support away from Prime Minister Julia Gillard towards leadership rival Kevin Rudd. Cyprus crisis shakes Australian markets The government of Cyprus has postponed a vote on a controversial tax on savings, which forms part of its austerity package, leading to more than 2% being wiped off the value of Australian shares. The vote would have ratified a deal struck between Cyprus, the IMF, the European Central Bank and other lenders to levy a once-off tax on all bank deposits of 6.75% for amounts up to €100,000 ($A124,000) and 9.9% for deposits above €100,000 as part of a bailout package. ASIC report says high speed trading risk is overstated The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released its report into computerised high speed trading. While the report from the corporate regulator recommends some reforms, it also finds that the impact of the practice in Australia has largely been overstated. “There is a belief by some that high-frequency trading is manipulative in a legal sense, or at least predatory in nature, and there is a perception that high-frequency traders uniformly have less regard for market integrity. That perception is not supported by our study,” the report states. Overnight In New York, the S&P500 is down 0.64% to 1550.65. The Aussie dollar is up to US1.0391 cents.
THE NEWS WRAP: Clive Palmer lashes out at "intellectual pygmy" Wayne Swan
3:12PM | Sunday, 4 MarchMining magnate Clive Palmer has hit back at Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, claiming that he is an “intellectual pygmy” and that he doesn’t understand the economy.
Leading Aussie stocks fall by 3.7% on debt fears
9:10PM | Monday, 12 SeptemberMore than $45 billion was wiped off the value of Australian stocks yesterday, as global economic woes again haunted investors.
THE NEWS WRAP: Emergency talks held over Eurozone debt crisis
8:53PM | Sunday, 7 AugustEuropean financial chiefs have held emergency talks over whether to prevent Italy and Spain being dragged into the debt crisis that has fuelled turmoil across global markets.
THE NEWS WRAP: Greek debt crisis shakes markets
6:29PM | Thursday, 16 JuneThe Australian sharemarket fell 1.9% to a nine-month low yesterday and is now almost 10% below its peak in April this year, amid renewed concerns about the Greek debt crisis.
THE NEWS WRAP: Kogan launches Tradeleaks site
12:15AM | Friday, 17 DecemberAustralian internet entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan has unveiled TradeLeaks.com, an ambitious whistle-blowing website designed to make retail and trade more transparent. Kogan says the website will do to trade and commerce what WikiLeaks has done to politics.
THE NEWS WRAP: Gina Rinehart emerges as a 10% shareholder in Ten Network
12:59AM | Monday, 6 DecemberAustralia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has shocked the business world by emerging as a 10% shareholder in television group Ten Network. Rinehart, who inherited mining company Hancock Prospecting from her father Lang Hancock, is best known for her interests in iron ore and coal. But a statement from Hancock Prospecting says the company has been looking to invest in the media sector for some time.
