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Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Dow 10,000! So now...tell me...how do you put a negative spin on that? Not when Annie's tomorrow becomes today. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!" Tomorrow's taken a year to come, but it has come. The ...

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Listed company Trinity has filed a lawsuit against former Labor Party staffer Ross Daley and his company, Veritate, in a bid to recover $1 million paid to Daley "by mistake". On 31 August, the property group received a final report on the forensic investigation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Software giant Oracle also reported declining sales even though it matched Wall Street's earnings target. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported that new jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 545,000 in the week ending September 12 from the previous week's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... separate report showed new US jobless claims fell to 550,000 in the past week in a sign of further healing in the critical labor market. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly mixed on Thursday as investors consolidated recent gains and waited ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... Michael Heffernan said. "The gold stocks and the financial stocks are leading the pack." Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day public holiday on Monday. At 1212 AEST the spot price of gold in Sydney was $US994.20 per fine ounce, up $US0.05 on Monday's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... market is expected to open the day higher after gains on European and Asian markets. The US stock market was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 18 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... contracts. Jamie Spiteri, senior dealer at Shaw Stockbroking, said activity on the local bourse was subdued ahead of the US Labor Day holiday on Monday that will leave Wall Street closed. "I'd anticipate some of that steadiness or reduced activity in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... lowest level in a year. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 97 points Friday to halve its loss for the week after the Labor Department said employers cut fewer workers last month. However the report also showed that the ranks of the unemployed swelled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... The latest snapshot on employment on Thursday offered investors little to go on ahead of the big report due on Friday. The Labor Department said the number of people filing for unemployment claims fell last week by 4000 to 570,000 while the number of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... losses were the smallest since September 2008 but more than analysts had expected. The report shapes expectations for the Labor Department's monthly reading on jobs, which is due on Friday. Unemployment has hit consumer spending, which accounts for about ...