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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market looks set for another day of declines, after European and US stocks dropped sharply again overnight. At 0725 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 99 points lower at 3,995. In economics ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Several large superannuation funds last week demanded improved corporate governance in the wake of the News Corporation scandal, but both the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors have said the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... $US1,589.90 per fine ounce, down $US14.70 from Thursday's close of $US1,604.60. Newcrest shares were 37 cents lower at $40.23. News Corp stocks were down again, too, after James Murdoch overnight was accused of misleading British MPs this week regarding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... building. James Hardie rose 37 cents, or 6.5 per cent,to $6.07, while Boral was up 23 cents, or 5.7 per cent, at $4.30. News Corp was another strong performer, up 65 cents, or 4.5 per cent, at $15.15, while its non-voting stock was up 55 cents, or 3.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... reporting that its profits had jumped 54 per cent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year. Shares of News Corp dived 4.3 per cent on the Nasdaq as the troubled media giant faced a deepening crisis over its phone-hacking scandal in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... September share price index futures contract was five points higher at 4,446 points, on volume of 17,628 contracts. News Corp was among the biggest movers on the day, amid further fallout from the phone hacking scandal at the now defunct News of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... market weakness was to be expected on a Friday, with investors sitting back to see what happens on the US market tonight. News Corp shares continue to lose ground, as the phone-hacking scandal widened to US shores with an FBI probe. News shares had lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... increased uncertainty there," Mr Muller said. Qantas engineers have threatened to take industrial action on Friday. News Corp clawed back from losses earlier in the week after withdrawing its controversial bid for British pay TV broadcaster, BSkyB. "News ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... 20.7 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 3,793.27. Shares in British Sky Broadcasting closed 2 percent higher in London after News Corp pulled its takeover bid for the company in the face of vociferous opposition in the UK parliament. The stock initially slumped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... phone hacking scandal. "Its pretty obvious the storm has not abated. The real question for investors is will this affect News Corp's bid for BSkyB, or worse, just how far will the political fallout go?" Mr Fraser said. "In saying that, Rupert Murdoch ...