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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... rebounded on Tuesday as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 0.95 per cent to 5,849.9 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 gained ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... stock markets rebounded as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS, despite a lull in trading caused by the monster US storm Sandy. At 0825 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Australia is not the only developed nation that believes it has a financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The Australian market has opened marginally higher amid quiet trading with Wall Street closed because of Hurricane Sandy. At 1030 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,479.7 points, while the broader ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... further exposure to bad debt, according to Five Oceans Asset Management's Chris Selth. Strong yields have contributed to bank stocks being one of the success stories of the year. ANZ is up 24%, Commonwealth Bank is up 16% and Westpac and NAB up 12% and ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... been a recession for 21 years and Australian businesses are delivering real wage growth. "These are figures that the Reserve Bank called economic nirvana." He added that, "Interest rates a significantly higher than the rest of the developed world leaving ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up seven points at 4,485. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is scheduled to deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Bank's Australasian Fixed Income ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... eights cents higher at open to $33.94, Fortescue gained six cents to $4.11 and Rio Tinto added 70 cents to $57.15. Macquarie Bank was down 25 cents, or 0.81 per cent, to $30.60. However, the four major banks all opened slightly higher. ANZ was three ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... 2030 is expected to be larger than that of the Americas and Europe combined," said Paulo Maia, chief executive officer, HSBC Bank Australia. Maia said that this brings with it immeasurable opportunities for businesses and communities in Australia. Australia's ...