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Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... our more valuable currency could purchase. The A$ went as high as US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 -- exactly two months before Lehman Bros declared bankruptcy. It was all downhill from there. Bullish predictions were quickly replaced by gloom. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... losses. The Nikkei index ended down 10.55 per cent, or 1,015.34 points, at 8,605.15, its heaviest loss since the fall of Lehman Brothers in late 2008, and followed Monday's loss of 6.18 per cent. Hong Kong fell 2.86 per cent, or 667.63 points, to close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... contract was eight points higher at 4,639. There is no economics news scheduled for Monday. In equities news, the case between Lehman Bros and a raft of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Sydney. The case of packagers Amcor and Visy Industries continues in the Federal Court in Sydney, as does the case between Lehman Bros and a raft of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Albanese will address the Committee for Economic Development of Australia about the nation's infrastructure needs in Sydney. Lehman Brothers vs Wingecarribee Shire Council continues in Federal Court. The Senate Economics Committee will hold a session ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... releases its business expectations survey. In equities news, the case continues in the Federal Court in Sydney between Lehman Bros and a raft of local councils and charities over their purchase of sub-prime mortgage-backed securities in the lead up to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... the Federal Court in Sydney of the case by local councils and charities against the local arm of former Wall Street bank Lehman Bros over their investments in sub-prime mortgage-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis. On Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... is no major equities news scheduled on Thursday, however in the Federal Court in Sydney, the hearing continues between Lehman Brothers and a raft of local councils and charities over investments in sub-prime mortgage-backed securities in the lead up ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... ended 5 February - better than expectations for a 410,000 reading and the lowest since July 2008. Hey, that was before Lehman folded! Sure this is a volatile stat and undoubtedly, like the non-farm payrolls report - snow affected. But the report also ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing their job. The S&P 500 index and the Dow now trade at levels seen before Lehman Bros went belly up on 15 September 2008. And why not, the recent reporting season shows that most US firms - despite ...