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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... prices pass this peak. The World Gold Council (WGC) - "an association whose 22 members comprise the world's leading gold mining companies, representing approximately 60% of global corporate gold production" -- reported that total central bank purchases ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... market, having fallen about 2.3 per cent, with financial stocks down 1.6 per cent and the energy sector 1.5 per cent weaker. Mining giant BHP Billiton shares had dropped 87.5 cents, or 2.36 per cent, to $36.165. Shares in Australia's biggest iron ore ...

Advisers need to get wise to insurance turn offs, CommInsure

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... out within 48 hours. Commonwealth's insurance arm also announced it was increasing its life insurance cover to include 33 mining occupations, along with other changes such as higher amounts for child cover of $250,000 and lower thresholds for part time ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... factors," he said. "It does look like we're seeing people edging back towards equities." In local company news on Thursday, mining giant BHP Billiton said economic uncertainty and equity market volatility would create challenges for the company in the ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... with a soft launch, trading no more than 10 securities for at least two weeks. These securities include major bank and mining stocks with a proposed expansion of included securities to all S&P/ASX 200 stocks plus ETFs on December 12 2011, subject to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... boosted by the Italian Prime Minister's decision to stand down and stronger commodity prices prompted local investors to buy mining stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 52.3 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 4,346.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... acquisition of the share owner services business of the Bank of New York Mellon. Also making news, explosives maker and mining services supplier Orica said it could offload its specialty bolts and chemicals business Minova unless the unit improved. Orica ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... 40% union membership, followed by utilities on 38%, government administration on 34%, transport on 30%, health on 27%, mining on 22% and construction on 18%. Sub-sectors within these grouping can, however, report much higher coverage. These low figures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... airline Virgin Blue were flat at 37.5 cents. In other news, the federal government will have to clear another hurdle on its mining tax with key independent MPs demanding stricter rules for coal seam gas proposals on farm land. Shares in Santos fell 12 ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... from offshore we do not expect it to be a one off... Interest rates are too high in Australia given the state of the non-mining sectors of the domestic economy and a downward adjustment is required to avert a damaging round of contraction." That may ...