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David Jones adds more financial services to shopping list

... interim results announcement last week that its credit card business posted a 7.9 per cent increase in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to $16.3 million in the first half of 2006, equivalent to a high 20 per cent of group earnings. "In terms of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
... expectations that weaker-than-expected housing data may give the Federal Reserve reason to signal an end to its campaign of interest-rate hikes. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 9.68 points at 11,279.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up ...

NZ and Aussie dollar slide a plus for bond managers

A sliding New Zealand dollar and threatening recession will mean good things are in store for fixed interest managers holding NZ bonds, according to leading economists. AMP's head of investment strategy and chief economist, Shane Oliver, said those ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

... stories - prices are going up, down or sideways. And Australians are forced to buy and sell properties, and the RBA set its interest rate policy, based on these conflicting signals," said Mirabito. "With Rismark we have a partner that possesses unique ...

Daily economic update

... housing sector - one of the major drivers of growth - does not slow, expect the US Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet next week - the first meeting under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2006
... both join the ASX. NEW YORK - US stocks fell as an unexpected rise in home sales pushed bond yields higher, rekindling interest-rate worries that weighed on financial stocks like American International Group and American Express. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Commonwealth rearranges exec team

The Commonwealth Bank's chief executive officer, Ralph Norris, has announced significant changes to the executive management team. After just six months in the job Norris has announced that, after reviewing positions and personnel in terms of strengths ...

Daily economic update

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) voted 8-1 to keep interest rates unchanged for the seventh month in a row. The minutes of the MPC March meeting revealed that the almost unanimous decision to keep interest rates steady at 4.5 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2006
... Investors snapped up shares of industrial companies like heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar as fears about the impact of interest-rate increases on the economy subsided. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 81.96 points at 11,317.43. The Standard & ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2006
... Sam Walsh speaks in Perth. NEW YORK - US stocks fell as a rise in US Treasury debt yields reignited concerns about more interest-rate hikes ahead, pressuring such rate-sensitive stocks as American Express and American International Group. The bond market's ...