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Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... contributed to a 16 per cent rise in oil prices this month alone. Contributing to the recent escalation in prices is fighting in Turkey between armed forces and Kurdish rebels, and the US government's new sanctions targeting the Iranian Revolutionary ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... sixth session in a row on Tuesday after extending an all-time high to above $88 per barrel. The rally remains fueled by by Turkey's troubles on its Iraqi border, strong speculative buying and supply concerns heading into the northern hemisphere winter. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... changed world since these institutions were set up many decades ago. Recently the voting weights of China, Mexico, Korea and Turkey have been increased. Evidence from the US economy about its softening momentum continues to mount with housing starts ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... has the 13th lowest proportion of people in the retirement age bracket of over 65s. Japan has the highest such ratio and Turkey the lowest of 32 OECD countries. Australian males and females aged 65 were placed equally in terms of their international ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... the next decade. The current meeting of the IMF has all but agreed to strengthen the voting rights of China, South Korea, Turkey and Mexico although 24 developing countries have expressed concerns that there will still be inadequate representation of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... changes. AWAs made up in excess of 41,000 of these. The US has voiced its support to include China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey in the policy making process at the IMF as a result of the size and growth of these economies. The proposition will be ...

Domestic market closes higher after sluggish day

... 8,892 contracts. On Friday, Wall Street improved after the previous day's weakness, which was attributed to bomb blasts in Turkey. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average edged up 9.11 points to end at 9628.5, while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite ...

Midday Market Wrap: Quiet start driven by banks and safe haven stocks

... 4,297 contracts. On Friday, Wall Street improved after the previous day's weakness which was attributed to bomb blasts in Turkey. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average edged up 9.11 points to end at 9628.5, while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

... Friday the Australian dollar shot to a fresh six year high of $US0.7267 on the back of US dollar weakness triggered by the Turkey bomb blasts in which 27 people died. Analysts expected a bit of position squaring and profit taking this week amid quieter ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares dip following Istanbul bombings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
... The Australian share market closed lower today, after global share markets retreated following the terrorist bombings in Turkey overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 15 points to 3169.1 while the all ordinaries slumped 17.4 points to 3175.3. ...