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More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... relief. Aside from the combined $4 million pledged by the major banks -Commonwealth, St.George/Westpac, NAB and ANZ - regional bank Bendigo has to date raised more than $1.76 million from its account holders and the general public. The banks have also ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... Domestic demand, which accounts for around 60 per cent of the economy remains resilient... so far. And this is what the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) recent interest rate reductions and the Federal Government's fiscal stimulus measures are trying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... Japan's Nikkei stock index closed down 240.58 points, or 3.03 per cent, to 7,705.36, hit by disappointment over Washington's bank rescue plan and a stronger yen. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 310.91 points, or 2.3 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... Securities senior client advisor Michael Heffernan told AAP. "I think clearly one of the catalysts was the CBA (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) result yesterday. The bank is screaming ahead: it's up three per cent today. "I think we'll finish up. We ...

CommBank's 64,245 margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... six months, though this is in line with the decline in the stock market. According to the CommBank's analysts briefing, the bank made 64,245 margin calls in the half, up three and half times the number of margin calls made in the previous six months. ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... A$21,000 and doubling of the grant for those buying existing homes also appear to have revived interest in property. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) hand was also in this as it slashed interest rates from 7.25 per cent in September to 4.25 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... release, as is the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations for February. The National Australia Bank business survey for the December quarter will be published. In company news, Rio Tinto Ltd and Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd ...

Africa wants slice of bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... in mind as they design programs to help their economies weather the financial crisis," said Obiageli Ezekwesili, the World Bank's vice-president for the Africa Region at a video press conference from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ezekwesili said it was important ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... lost 95 cents, or 2.85 per cent, to $32.40 while rival Rio Tinto added 70 cents, or 1.43 per cent, to $49.66. Commonwealth Bank gained 21 cents to $29.81, after a nine per cent rise in first half. Westpac dropped four cents to $16.14, National Australia ...

Statewide appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
South Australian private sector super fund, Statewide Superannuation Trust has appointed Nicholas Begakis as chair. Begakis has been a director at Statewide Superannuation Trust for almost two years. He holds several other board positions including ...