Unhappy with big banks? You could move your money - The Guardian


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Unhappy with big banks? You could move your money
The Guardian
It's an echo of the hugely successful 1980s boycott against Barclays and its operations in apartheid-era South Africa. So far, just over 2000 people have signed a pledge on moveyourmoney.org.uk, to "register your vote against business as usual", ...

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Bird-Watching Chief Gupta Pursues 12% Return as DBS Bank Expands in Asia - Bloomberg


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Bird-Watching Chief Gupta Pursues 12% Return as DBS Bank Expands in Asia
Bloomberg
At a media event in October, Gupta said the bank will continue to build the Singapore consumer franchise, which it inherited when it bought Singapore's Post Office Savings Bank and its subsidiary Credit POSB Pte in 1998. Government Stake DBS was ...

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Business: Banks in financial squeeze - Island Business

Business: Banks in financial squeeze
Island Business
Increasing online banking and spill-over effects from the ongoing mild recession in Europe will induce major Australian-owned banks in the Pacific to tighten lending, slash jobs and cut back on slow-performing branches this year.

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Made to last ... but not forever - Sydney Morning Herald

Made to last ... but not forever
Sydney Morning Herald
(The other booming postcodes for mining jobs growth track closely against the country's big mine and resource project developments: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, Olympic Dam in South Australia and Moranbah in Queensland make up the rest ...

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Rising cost of living takes toll in SA - Adelaide Now

Rising cost of living takes toll in SA
Adelaide Now
But, he added that some people in SA were faring much better. "That's the group of people in the population whose wages have continued to grow at a good rate," he said. The Reserve Bank of Australia, in announcing its decision to leave the cash rate ...

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Retail sales worst since 1984 - Sydney Morning Herald


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Retail sales worst since 1984
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Natalie Grono Retail sales in Australia posted their weakest annual growth in 27 years in 2011, as consumers cut spending in favour of saving and paying down debt. Annual retail sales grew 2.4 per cent in 2011, easing from a 2.5 per cent rise in ...
Job cuts tipped as interest rates stay put Courier Mail
Swan puts rate heat on banks WA Business News

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Bird-Watching CEO Gupta Seeks Returns as DBS Expands in Asia - BusinessWeek

Bird-Watching CEO Gupta Seeks Returns as DBS Expands in Asia
BusinessWeek
At a media event in October, Gupta said the bank will continue to build the Singapore consumer franchise, which it inherited when it bought Singapore's Post Office Savings Bank and its subsidiary Credit POSB Pte in 1998. DBS was established in 1968 as ...

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