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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following rises on international markets after surprisingly strong US jobs figures. At 0840 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,141. QBE shares fell more ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is slightly lower as investors put aside good US jobs figures and strong Chinese trade data and focus on a shock profit warning from insurer QBE. Shares of QBE plunged around 20 per cent after the company announced that it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street after a strong jobs report fuelled expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin to reduce its huge stimulus soon. At 0809 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... it on Friday's better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report and the markets' head-scratching reaction to the November jobs numbers. After dropping in the first four of the five trading days of the previous week - as sooner-than-later taper talks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... happen with the Fed and Australian economy as well." If US non-farm payroll figures released on Friday show an increase in jobs in November above 200,000 that is expected to increase the chance it will taper its asset buying stimulus program. On the ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... stocks Wednesday ended mostly lower after markets weighed a stream of generally solid economic data ahead of Friday's big jobs report. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 24.08 points (0.15 percent) at 15,890.54. The broad-based ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is set to open higher as Wall Street rises on encouraging jobs data in the US. At 0815 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,338. There is no economic news scheduled for Friday. ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... pay for services. "The movement out of these models will be very painful for the industry and there will be people out of jobs," he said. The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have all but rendered commission-based structures obsolete in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... as investors appeared to take a breather in a semi-holiday session after Friday's strong rally on the back of encouraging jobs data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 21.32 points (0.14 per cent) at 15,783.10, striking a second consecutive record ...