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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... pivotal debt talks on Greece due this week and in thin volume owing to US trading being suspended as Sandy bore down on New York. The euro rose to $US1.2972 from $US1.2900 late in New York on Monday, as traders brushed aside news of rising German unemployment. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... the December share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,473 points, with 3,821 contracts traded. The New York Stock Exchange was closed overnight and will remain closed on Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the US east coast. ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market shuttered last night - the first since September 11, 2001 -- as Hurricane Sandy batters the northeast coast of the United States. They will remain closed for a second day today. Thank goodness the warnings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... higher on Tuesday but trading volumes are expected to be low as Wall Street remains closed due to Hurricane Sandy. The New York Stock Exchange was closed on Monday and will remain closed for a second day as the massive storm approaches the US east coast. ...

Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... cent to 3,435.09 points. Madrid's IBEX 35 ended down 0.05 per cent. The euro was flat at $1.2931 from $US1.2930 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell as dealers looked ahead to the release of US economic growth figures, while Hong ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... on how long Frankie lingers and how much damage Frankie does. But ultimately, it should just be a Halloween visit to New York and the northeastern seaboard by Frankie. The bigger forward picture lies on the upcoming US employment report that'll be released ...

Ancestry.com snapped up in PE deal

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... in 2009. Last year, it earned $US62.9 million or $US1.29 per share, on nearly US$400 million in revenue. In July, The New York Times reported that Ancestry.com was in talks with Providence Equity Partners and TPG Capital, as well as Permira, about a ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... cent, at 4,510.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 2.9 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 4,533.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have made modest gains as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... 0.82 per cent, at 4,505.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index had lost 37.4 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 4,530.6. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed lower amid weak corporate earnings and after the Federal Reserve left its stimulus policies unchanged ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... announcing QE infinity - policy wise, of course. One surprise could be Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke confirming or denying the New York Times report that he'll not seek a third term whether or not President Obama gets re-elected. Our friend Ben's term ends ...