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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2006
... quest to take over Sydney Gas Ltd despite the Takeover's Panel ruling the offer was unacceptable. NEW YORK - US technology stocks fell for a sixth straight day, their longest losing streak in 14 months, pressured by a sell-off in such stocks as Google. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006
... on the New York Stock Exchange, where it registered its biggest one-day percentage gain in seven months. But technology stocks were dragged down during most of the session by Google Inc after the Web search company's earnings missed Wall Street's forecasts. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
... 16.62 over the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average rose 0.06 per cent to a new five-year closing high as technology stocks like Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. gained on profit prospects. The Nikkei ended up 9.76 points at 16,454.95. The index ...

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... the initial public offering of Goodman Fielder are also expected to be unveiled in New Zealand. NEW YORK - US technology stocks rose as robust earnings and positive outlooks lifted investors' hopes for a year-end rally and helped send shares of Google ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2005
... Warehouse will release first quarter sales while Merrill Lynch hosts an investment managers seminar. NEW YORK - US technology stocks rose for a third day as investors snapped up the shares on hopes of a year-end rally, while a report showing strong wage ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2005
... as well as rising energy prices, on the US economy. Shares of Microsoft shot up 2.7 per cent and pulled other technology stocks higher as investors were heartened by its results, despite a disappointing revenue forecast. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Internet spending will catch up: Allianz Global Tech

... spent nearly $1.7 billion in internet assets this year, the market sat up and asked 'Is it time to invest in technology stocks again?' The team at Allianz Global Investors RCM Technology fund says yes. "Many investors over-allocated to technology during ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2005
... receding oil prices, while data showing stronger-than-expected manufacturing activity last month underpinned technology stocks. The same manufacturing report and remarks by a Federal Reserve bank president raised speculation that interest rates will ...

MFS Global Equity Trust gets Morningstar seal of approval

... basis as at 31 March 2005. This result was mainly driven by the manager's decision not to be heavily weighted in technology stocks in the late 1990s. The strategy the fund employs is a bottom-up approach. Research is performed to select stocks possessing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... bullion soared past the $US400 mark overnight. US stocks ended slightly higher overnight as investors nibbled at technology stocks that were battered in recent sessions. A surge in gold prices boosted shares of mining companies, like Newmont Mining ...