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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... from Intersuisse said the market was performing well without a lead from the US, where markets were closed on Monday for Labor Day. "Without a lead from overseas, it is quite a sound performance in the market," he said. "In general terms, there have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... today, although it may also have a constraining effect on energy stocks. With physical markets on Wall Street closed for Labor Day, there is otherwise no lead from the US. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... Gustav churned towards the Gulf of Mexico. Low volume may have intensified the losses with trade thin ahead of a three-day Labor Day holiday in the United States, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 171.63 points, or 1.47 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two days of decline. Stocks initially fell after the Labor Department reported another hefty jump in consumer prices. But after early disappointment with the CPI, investors began looking ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... consultancy. In Australia LEK is headed up by Simon Barrett in Melbourne and have formed good relations with state and national Labor governments.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... domestic product grew at a 1.9 per cent pace in the second quarter disappointed investors. Investors were also concerned about Labor Department data saying that the number of people seeking jobless benefits jumped to the highest level in five years. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... month. After seeing jobs disappear by the thousands in recent months, the stock market is eager for any insights into the Labor Department's take on the job market on Friday. The Federal Reserve also announced it will extend its emergency borrowing program ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- the highest level since ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... year onwards," said the Treasurer. The investment management industry is nonetheless a big winner in the first Rudd-Swan Labor Budget following the announcement of progressive reductions in the level of withholding tax on foreign sourced investments. ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... the current 9 per cent under the Rudd Government, predicts a head strategist at Macquarie. Pointing out that it was the Labor government that set the wheels of the present super regime turning in 1986, Macquarie Research Equities head strategist Neale ...