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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... buyers piled in before the close. Analysts expect this extraordinary volatility to continue, and warned that just as Monday's huge 936-point surge in the Dow was overdone, there was little reason to trust that Thursday's gains would hold. A rise in shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... market is expected to open lower after US stocks declined overnight as some traders sold shares to take advantage of the huge gains of he previous two days. At 0752 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... 899.22, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.39, or 0.27 per cent, to 1,649.51. LONDON - European stock markets suffered huge losses on Friday, with prices in London shedding almost nine per cent. The London FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 381.7 ...

Neuberger Berman pledges money guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... determiner of whether a money market fund making a claim has complied with the conditions. Neuberger Berman along with a huge slice of the parent company's asset management business was recently sold for $2.7 billion to private equity giants Bain Capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... stock markets had a mixed performance on Tuesday, with gains in Paris and London and a drop Frankfurt, a day after suffering huge losses on fears for the health of the European banking sector. The London FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 16.03 points ...

CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... fraud while a third of that number have had their identities stolen. "There's no way to guarantee protection but despite the huge cost in time and money this fraud can inflict, most people are not taking precautions to even reduce the risk," said Christopher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... 22,258 contracts. CMC Markets Dominic Vaughan said the local market was having a "nice corrective bounce" after yesterday's huge loses. "The heavily hit resources sector is the main driver of the day and we are seeing a bit of recovery in the banks," ...

PE firms gobble Lehman Bros AM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Neuberger Berman, a subsidiary of the now defunct Lehman Brothers, along with a huge slice of the parent company's asset management business has been sold for $2.7 billion to private equity giants Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman. The transaction ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... the crisis would be for the US government to give US$1 million to every American, noting that his plan was undermined by huge numerical errors. Crowe was speaking to reporters about his new movie Body of Lies.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Ordinaries gave up 95.45 points, or 1.9 per cent to 4,839.18. NEW YORK - Wall Street has ended a stunning session with a huge fall, the Dow Jones Industrials Average plunging more than 770 points after the $US700 billion financial bailout plan was knocked ...