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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... or 'slight'," the report said, and business contacts "generally noted weaker or less certain outlooks for business conditions". The Nasdaq was dragged down by Apple, which fell 5.6 per cent after its quarterly report fell below expectations, and Amazon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... opening but fell off after a series of economic indicators - on weekly jobless insurance claims, inflation, and business conditions - reinforced beliefs that the economy is stagnating. But stock prices surged again after the European Central Bank, along ...

DKN suffers drop in platform flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... loss is due to a $21 million write down of goodwill, in order to reflect the current market valuations and business conditions regarding the $0.80 per share takeover offer from IOOF. IOOF has confirmed that this will have no impact on its proposal. DKN ...

GFC hangover hits Perpetual profit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... necessary because soon after the acquisition the global financial crisis hit and savagely changed expected business conditions. Having to spend $3 million responding to the private-equity takeover proposal from corporate raider Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ...

Dollar rise to boost planner wages

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... services industry, thanks to stable employment opportunities, higher financial market activity and better business conditions.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... on Tuesday, the share market closed higher as merger and acquisition activity, while a positive survey of business conditions further buoyed investors. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 58.7 points, or 1.26 per cent, to 4,733.6 points, while the broader ...

Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... ill-definition of who is actually responsible for a company or an institution. Despite the challenge of these business conditions, Pope Benedict was upbeat when he said, "Yet there is also increasing awareness of the need for greater social responsibility ...

Instreet BDM hires pay off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... does not expect to add any more development staff for now. "For now we're just concentrating on product. The business conditions are still a bit fragile, it's obviously turned up from what it was, but it's still fragile so you have to manage your business ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... headline index. The Expectations Index rose to 72.3 in May from 51.0 in April. And why not? US consumers see both business conditions and their employment outlook improving in the coming months. The Conference Board reported that 'the percentage of consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... spend amid a shaky economy and a punishing stock market. The release of the Beige Book, the assessment of business conditions from the Federal Reserve, added to investors' angst. The report found that the economy continued to slow in the early fall as ...