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Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... beer. Green, after all, is the colour of money (the US dollar). Luck of the Irish. Think it was more than this for last night there was tangible US data showing that the housing sector might -- repeat might -- be healing. The US Commerce Department reported ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Joanne Heighway winning the Chairman's Award and CEO Scholarship respectively. At the SPAA Limelight Award Ceremony last night, the association's chair Graeme Colley said Power won the award for her work within SPAA at a local and national level. Andrea ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... stocks lost momentum. BHP Billiton added 20 cents to $30.70, and rival Rio Tinto gained 13 cents to $49.93. "Commodities last night were mostly red, so you've got no lead from commodities," Mr Smith said. "The Chinese market's in a position where it ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... overnight showed what some choice words and a 'memo' could do to market sentiment. The S&P 500's 6.4 per cent surge last night provided a preview of the sharp reversal the equity markets are capable of once confidence replaces pessimism as the order ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... Warren Buffet's -- the 'sage of Omaha' - remark that the US economy 'has fallen off a cliff' sent Wall Street down again last night. Why no one picked up on his follow-up statement that, 'Everything will be all right,' because 'we do have the greatest ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... big as it is, China alone could not save the world. Not with the US, Europe and Japan drowning. Another reason for last night's sell-off is heightened fears over Europe's future after the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) each ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... London town - rallied. Markets blamed Buffett and AIG at the start of the week, shouting sell for doom is upon us. Last night the 'expert advise' is buy for things are improving. Bloomberg quoted one New York-based money manager last night saying, 'stocks ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... UniSuper has been awarded the Investment Stewardship Award in the super fund category at a ceremony held in Melbourne last night. UniSuper won the award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for its strong performance record and investment practices. ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
In the Roman calendar, the ides of March refers to the 15th day of the month of March. It was a festive day celebrating the Mars, the god of war. In modern times it has taken on an ominous sense ever since Julius Caesar's assassination on this date ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... adviser Helen Spencer said. "We're still very much on the back foot after a fairly weak session on Wall Street on Friday night," Ms Spencer said. "Resources are probably taking much of the brunt today but it's really right across the board." Global miner ...