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2015 Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Women In Super have just announced that this year's Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation ( NBCF ). The total cumulative fundraising since the event began in 1998 is now $27.4 million. This year's event attracted ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday..." -- Spiral Staircase But would it be "...as much as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street slumped on worries about China and Greece in a session that was overshadowed by a lengthy outage at the New York Stock Exchange due to technical problems. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell slightly following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Australian market opens higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... gains with investors appearing happy to take a break from the recent sell-offs. The Greek debt crisis is not yet resolved but hope remains of a resolution with talks with Eurozone finance ministers ongoing. "The broad macro theme for the market is still ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European markets after news that Greece had sought a new bailout package. At 0809 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,475. In ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... gains with investors appearing happy to take a break from the recent sell-offs. The Greek debt crisis is not yet resolved but hope remains of a resolution with talks with Eurozone finance ministers ongoing. "The broad macro theme for the market is still ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following lifts on Wall Street but falls on European markets as investors await the next move in Greece's debt crisis. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... - else they wouldn't have thrown bad money after bad money after good money on Greece. The very reason I still maintain (hope, pray) that a deal would be done even at the 13th hour.

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... provides both parties at the opposite sides of the negotiating table with the reason and the motivation to turn this deal hope into deal reality. Plus ca change... As we've seen many, many times in the past, the end would be the same. Greece teeters ...