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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... trading volumes were low as some people on Wall Street had taken early vacation ahead of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets drifted up in subdued trading as the region began voting in parliamentary polls, and as ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Global Asset, said stocks accelerated their gains after the FOMC minutes did not imply a faster time-table to raising rates. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose as traders digested central bank updates for clues on interest rate movements from ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... said investors are also "nervous" at the drop in treasury bond yields as demand for fixed-income investments picks up. LONDON - European equities fell as investors digested gloomy eurozone data showing anaemic economic growth for the first quarter of ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... in the US". Ablin said the tumble on the Nasdaq was a result of "expensive" valuations for Nasdaq and small-cap stocks. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 gaining 0.54 per cent to finish at a record close of 9,754.43 points. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... cent) at 1,878.48, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index outperformed, gaining 20.37 (0.50 per cent) at 4,071.88. LONDON - European stock markets and the euro sank on profit-taking as investors took their leads from company updates and economic ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... drop. Also falling were online travel booker Priceline (-2.1 per cent), Facebook (-1.1 per cent) and Apple (-0.7 per cent). LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi hinted that policymakers ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... fall in earnings at AIG sparked selling in Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and other banks. AIG shares fell 4.1 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell, with London hit by downbeat earnings in the financial sector, while the ongoing Ukraine ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... quarterly results and a hint it might take its push to buy Britain's AstraZeneca to shareholders, turning the bid hostile. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended mixed, with worries about the possible economic impact of the escalating crisis in Ukraine ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... arson attack against a trade union building after a day of violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian militants LONDON - European stock markets ended mixed with London lifted by strong earnings while other leading European indices shrugged ...

CBA likely to appoint from within for CIO role

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Harte will leave the group on mid-2014 to take up the role of chief operations and technology officer of Barclays Bank in London. It is likely that the replacement will come from within the CBA, with chief executive Ian Narev, saying that an announcement ...