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Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... confirming media reports that it is scouting the market for buyers of iShares. London-based newspapers and the Wall Street Journal reported that the move was designed to shore up Barclays' balance sheet and avoid the part-nationalisation path taken by ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... Bernanke say that it is possible that the US unemployment rate could go up to 10 per cent. They did not see the Wall Street Journal warning that credit cards would be the next to be crunched. They did not see reports that China recorded is now in deflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... without having to pour more taxpayer money into them. Meanwhile, technology stocks are also falling after The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo Inc's new chief executive is planning a companywide reorganisation. Preliminary closing figures show ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... shoppers spent 7.2 per cent more on average compared with last year, most were hunting for bargain sales. The Wall Street Journal informed its readers that total purchases over the internet have fallen by 4 per cent from a year ago, with gift cards down ...

Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... flow, setting them up for big falls in 2009. The frenzy, reported by Barron's, a newsletter published by the Wall Street Journal, was because junior endowment funds were rushing to lift their timber allocations from 9 to 11 per cent. For current investors ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Cox told the Banking committee there is a "regulatory hole that must be immediately addressed," reported the Wall Street Journal.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... investors back into riskier assets such as equities. After the close, S&P 500 index futures jumped after the Wall Street Journal reported Bank of America Corp plans to invest $2 billion in preferred stock issued by mortgage lender Countrywide Financial ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... investors looking to capitalise on a free economy, suggests an annual report by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. The port city, which benefits from zero trade barriers and 17.5 per cent tax for both foreign and local investments ...

US-Aust rates spread widens to 250 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... globally. The US no longer controls oil, but hey they can control the next best thing: money. Which is why the Wall Street Journal has reported Bear Stearns saying, "The Fed continues to couch its policy actions in terms of their impact on economic growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... superfund to ease problems in the credit market, are expected to seek support from others in the industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 181.84 points, or 1.42 per cent, at 12,980.88. The Standard & Poor's ...