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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... 3,442.8, and the broader All Ordinaries index declined 30.2 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 3,394.8 on Wednesday. NEW YORK - IBM gave Wall Street a reprieve from bad news on Wednesday and investors responded by taking a break from selling, with stocks ...

Faster than the speed of fright

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... quant analysts to retrieve and analyse market information faster and cheaper than ever before. Sybase Australia worked with IBM, MicroStrategy and Frontline Solutions to launch Sybase Analytic Appliance, an out-of-the box solution designed to reduce ...

NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... for 18 months. He first joined the bank in late 2004 as executive general manager, customer solutions. NAB hired Clyne from IBM Business Consulting Services and he previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Clyne's appointment comes only days after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... United Technologies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 207.38 points or 1.85 per cent to 11,447. Microsoft, Google and IBM were all slapped as earnings and company outlooks failed to impress onlookers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... since the October 1987 market crash. The news also dragged down shares of a wide range of multinational companies, including IBM and United Technologies. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... six-week closing high, with blue-chip shares such as Sony driving gains after a $15 billion share buyback plan announced by IBM boosted investor confidence. The Nikkei rose 206.58 points to 14,031.30. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose 3.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... 5666.1, while the All Ordinaries put on 46 points or 0.81 per cent to 5745.8. NEW YORK - US stocks jumped on Tuesday after IBM said it would buy back $15 billion of its shares, boosting the computer hardware sector, while energy companies' shares climbed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average had risen 171.85 points to 12,778.15 after a strong profit result from IBM eased concerns over the global economy. Locally, the big miners were stronger. BHP had put on 63 cents to $38.87 at 1219 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... oil and gas explorer Exoma Energy Ltd at 1300 AEDT. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded on Monday from last week's losses after IBM reported higher-than-expected preliminary quarterly earnings, spurring a broad rally in technology shares. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... Business Machines Corp, the world's largest technology services company, pushed the Dow industrials into record territory. IBM, also known as Big Blue, rose 4.3 per cent after the company posted a jump in quarterly profit and raised its 2007 earnings ...