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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... after an analyst raised her rating on the giant consumer products company, citing the company's price-cutting strategy. P&G's huge stable of brands includes Tide detergent and Gillette razors. The market's climb came a day after a pullback that did little ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... detrimental if markets swing downward - as the GFC has proven similarly in the managed funds sector. "These [ETF] funds have huge assets, which means that people are leaving their money for longer than one day on a product that wasn't meant for that. ...

CFS saves $4m in prod costs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... is campaigning other financial services providers to join the program as well. "The financial services industry produces huge volumes of information for its clients. Much of that information can be delivered electronically. We have converted one in five ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... straining under the weight of a mounting public debt which is approaching 200 per cent of its national output. A memento of the huge Keynesian stimulus successive governments implemented in the 1990s that, like the concrete beaches and bridges to nowhere ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... Business Conference begins in Melbourne. On Friday, the Australian sharemarket closed almost two per cent in the red following huge Telstra-related trading volumes and an across-the-board correction following recent rallies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... with public investments designed to preserve and create new jobs for economic recovery. Armenia and Tajikistan have seen a huge influx of returning workers who have lost their jobs in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, resulting in a sharp decline ...

Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... super, the focus groups do put a lot of stock on retirement and want to know more. "The amount of emotion in this area is huge. They're really worried about the future and want a good retirement, but are scared to make a move," he said. "Their confidence ...

Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... 2013 and signalled additional budgetary cuts will be required to achieve this - although the government will still fund a huge national infrastructure program.

Smartphones and 3Gs boost fin services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... high bandwidth (3G) networks. Despite this, the convenience of having one's bank accounts in the palm of one's hand is a huge draw among users. ComScore noted that 31 per cent of mobile customers choose to access their financial accounts primarily from ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... superannuation and investments at Suncorp said the disparity between how super funds and investors communicate was still a huge hurdle to cross. "There is a big problem when super providers and investors are speaking a different language about one of ...