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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Australian market is set to open higher after an encouraging report on the US labour market and better retail sales pushed Wall Street higher. At 0806 AEST on Friday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,471. In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... stocks were also stronger, with QBE Insurance posting the biggest rise, up 1.74 per cent, or 23 cents, to $13.44. Wall Street closed higher overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.09 per cent, while the S&P500 gained 0.36 per cent and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose slightly on positive reports for the US services sector and private hiring. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,448. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... with 9,978 contracts traded. The local market opened on a positive note as investors looked past a mixed lead from Wall Street. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said RBA's decision on Tuesday to lower the cash rate to 3.25 per cent, from 3.5 per ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Rajoy to go a-begging... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an s. According to WSJ, it re-stated it 2011 ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

NFL dispute over 401(k) touches down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... invest more money in officiating as long as it assures long-term improvement," lawyers representing the NFL told The Wall Street Journal. NFL referee salaries, currently at about $150,000 pa, will also progressively increase to $200,000 by 2018 when ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... the December share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 4,373 points, with 3,559 contracts traded. Wall Street posted gains on Thursday night, due in part to reports the People's Bank of China would pump 365 billion yuan ($A55.9 billion) ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Yes folks, he was at it again last night. Non-voting FOMC member and Philly Fed president Charles Plosser told the Wall Street Journal about his doubts over the Fed's latest move and that, "I don't think we will be in a much different position than what ...