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No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's bank bail-out barbecue found Goober was serving only salad. They left taking their 'bring your own plate' plates with them. Such ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... market is expected to open lower as Wall Street and European markets took sharp falls in response to details of a US Treasury bank stabilisation plan. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 80 points lower at 3,353. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... majors, they've probably contributed ten negative points to the index." Among the major banks at 1201 AEDT, Commonwealth Bank of Australia lost 34 cents to $29.60, Westpac fell 31 cents to $16.21, National Australia Bank declined 16 cents to $18.74 and ...

Women take control of finances

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Women are more likely to use a financial planner, own investment property and trust the past performance of investment strategies than men, new RaboPlus research found. The study, undertaken by Rabobank's online banking division, found women are 20 ...

Storm takes fight online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... as a media adviser. The media link highlights Wilkinson Media written press releases refuting claims by the Commonwealth Bank and defending the financial planning dealership's operating model. The video link does not have any content so far.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 29 points higher at 3,495. In economic news today, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will address the Bank Negara Malaysia High-Level Conference 2009 in Kuala Lumpur. The ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... and, together with AMP and AXA, have donated at least $2.1 million to help those worst affected by the disaster. St.George Bank, as part of the Westpac Group, has donated $1 million to the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Relief Appeal. It is also collecting ...

HCL pushes governance practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
HCL Technologies is promoting its solid governance and transparency practices to clients and investors to distance the firm away from the events of the Satyam Computer Services scandal. S Premkumar, HCL Technologies global head of financial services ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... authorities around the world are not sitting by watching their economies sink. And they'll 'do what is necessary.' Just last week, Bank Indonesia, Norway's Norges Bank and the Bank of England all cut their key interest rates by 50 bps to 8.25 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger due to gains on Wall Street and European markets, as well as signs a $US780 billion ($A1.19 trillion) stimulus package will be approved in the US. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...