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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed higher for a second straight session on rising optimism about a Washington deal to avert a debt default. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Hockey Review to push for industry deregulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
The Government's Financial System Inquiry will undertake "a general health check" on the industry aimed at removing regulation, Treasurer Joe Hockey said. Speaking at the American Australian Association in New York, Hockey said that the inquiry will ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Stop the clock! A deal has been forged in Washington! Yes Virginia, it again played out as scripted - after so much grandstanding, with both sides holding their ground and a lotta hullabaloos...an agreement was struck...at the last minute. Were it not ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... It's added an extra 2,000 employers to our database and as the first merger of any substance that we've been involved in, we hope it proves we're capable to conduct more," he said. Godfrey confirmed Sunsuper was in discussion with 13 other un-named employer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... resolution will soon be achieved in the US, Australian Stock Report senior equities analyst Benny Sada said. "There is some hope that this is not the end of the talks," he said. "Within the Republican Party there is a growing division among members of ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street as the reality of the US government shutdown depressed markets along with fears of a American debt default. At 0853 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...