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Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... threshold at a bond sale closely watched by investors worried that the country may need a bailout. ATHENS - Greece's top bank NBG says it has lost 1.346 billion euros ($A1.82 billion) in the first nine months of the year after factoring in a writedown ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... key focus for investors would be whether the budget tightening measures allow room for additional rate cuts by the Reserve Bank and help weaker areas of the two speed economy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development painted a relatively ...

OECD: Economy to grow by 4% next year

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... in the capacity of the European Financial Stability Fund, together with a greater ability to call on the European Central Bank's balance sheet. Much greater firepower must be accompanied by governance reforms to offset the risk of moral hazard." Commenting ...

The Rock and MyState merger approved

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Rock Building Society potential merger with MyState Limited is one step closer after Rock shareholders vote heavily in favour of the move. If it goes ahead, it will create one of Australia's leading listed community-focused financial services groups ...

FIIG Securities appoints director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... and US banks for FIIG Securities' clients. Before joining FIIG Securities, Gordon was a director of debt capital markets at Bank of America Merill Lynch in London and New York where he responsible for structuring, credit research, analysis and execution ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... to make fiscal discipline legally binding and enforceable. These, authorities hope, would encourage the European Central Bank (ECB) to step up its bond market intervention. With rumours about gossips about talks again swirling all around, you get the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to continue its rally as world markets rose overnight on hopes of progress on Europe's debt crisis. At 0824 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was 26 points higher at 4,104. The market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... up four cents, or 1.8 per cent, at $2.32. All sectors were higher, with financials particularly strong. National Australia Bank was up 81 cents, or 3.7 per cent, at $22.63, Westpac rose by 58 cents, or 2.97 per cent, to $20.08, Commonwealth Bank added ...

Count gives CBA 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... November 25, Count shareholders voted 99.38% in favour of the scheme of arrangement whereby a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will acquire all the shares in Count. "I strongly believe the CBA will be good owners of Count and will provide ...