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Abacus banks on new wave of tourists

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Tourists from the US and Japan may be down but hotel property investments are still a good bet thanks to a growing number of visitors from China, Korea and India, according to Abacus Funds Management. Abacus claims Australia's hospitality industry would ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... 91 cents, or 3.7 per cent, to $23.67. In the US overnight, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, lost nine per cent, leading US banks lower on speculation that the bank faces funding shortages. Lehman said the speculation was unfounded. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... trading on Monday following gains in the energy sector, while renewed concerns about subprime-related losses at the biggest US banks limited the broader market's advance. Energy companies' shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp, rose as oil prices remained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... September, their fourth straight session of losses, as investors offloaded stocks across the board before earnings reports by US banks this week. The Hang Seng Index closed down 2.4 per cent, or 630.35 points, at 25,837.78. WELLINGTON - Shares fell yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... cent, at 2,647.85. LONDON - UK stocks rose as higher raw material prices lifted commodity plays and after HSBC and major US banks reassured investors on their exposure to the credit market crunch. The FTSE 100 added 69.7 points to 6,432.1. FRANKFURT ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... the Nasdaq down almost one per cent. However, rising oil prices lifted the energy sector while shares of the biggest US banks rose sharply. Both sectors countered Microsoft and allowed both the Dow and S&P 500 to end broadly unchanged. The Dow Jones ...