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ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... the ACT's unicameral parliament. The anti-tobacco investment restrictions have been welcomed by the health sector. Anne Jones, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said, "The ACT government decision to exclude tobacco from its $2.3 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... market's pretty square when you consider that to be the fact," Mr Peacock said. On Wall street on Friday, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its highest level since the last days of 2007 as Apple shares hit a new all-time high following ...

Think big on scale, ORFR: APRA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... reforms. Responding to concerns raised during the consultation process and subsequent public forums, APRA's deputy chair Ross Jones said his advice on both the Operational Risk Financial Requirement (ORFR) and the scale test was for funds to keep the ...

APRA tweaks insurance in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... rather than life insurance providers alone. Acknowledging that APRA's initial approach was prescriptive, deputy chair Ross Jones said the standard would be adjusted to require licensees to look at all aspects of insurance arrangements when selecting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... might to push Apple to become the world's most valuable company of all time, eclipsing Microsoft's 1999 record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.56 points (0.03 per cent), finishing at 13,271.64. The S&P 500-stock index lost a bare 0.03 point ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... nearing the launch of a new iPhone model and a reduced-size iPad. The stock closed up by 1.9 per cent at $US648.11. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 25.09 points (0.19 per cent) at 13,275.20, while the broader S&P 500 added 2.65 (0.19 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.36 points (0.06 per cent) to 13,164.78, while the broader S&P 500-stock index added 1.60 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... went public last Friday, closed below its IPO price for the first time. At the closing bell on Thursday, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 85.33 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 13,250.11. The broader S&P 500 index added 9.98 points, or 0.71 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.36 points (0.06 per cent) to 13,164.78, while the broader S&P 500-stock index added 1.60 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... office supply chain Staples plunging 14.6 per cent on its poor results and outlook. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.36 points (0.06 per cent) to 13,164.78, while the broader S&P 500-stock index added 1.60 (0.11 ...