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US growth strengthening, but risks remain: IMF

... stock market declines in the postwar period, the September 11 attacks, major corporate failures and scandals, and the war in Iraq. The Fund attributed the economy's relative strength to supportive monetary and fiscal policies. But the IMF also sounded ...

IMF believes global economy's prospects are improving

... in downside risks," she said. Ms Krueger said data from the United States was looking up and uncertainties from the war in Iraq had been resolved. "A number of things have just cleared up," she said. Ms Krueger said the IMF was still expecting world ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003

... 1,706.0. Traders said the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein may hasten the transition to a democratically-elected government in Iraq. A wide range of quarterly earnings reports, including from Texas Instruments, Countrywide Financial Corp. and Colgate-Palmolive ...

ASSIRT reports trend back to equity markets

... into two distinct periods. During the first seven months, financial markets were preoccupied with the possibility of war in Iraq and the prospect of a weakening global economic environment. Following the swift resolution of the Iraqi conflict, however ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries, major stocks in negative territory

... showing greater interest in shares than in the recent past, reflecting growing confidence in share investments since the Iraq war. All Ordinaries 3043.6 -15.4 NASDAQ 1610.75 -33.97 Dow Jones 9072.95 -127.80 FTSE-100 4087.90 -72.20 Hang Seng 9734.29 +0.00 ...

Investors warming to shares: ING June quarter report

... shares has risen. "We are seeing the return of confidence in share investment, albeit tentative, following the end of the Iraq war," said Ross Bowden, executive director of ING. "People are looking to the next stage of the investment cycle and this favours ...

Business confidence on upswing: ACCI and Westpac industrial survey

... confidence also recovered significantly in the June quarter survey, presumably following the cessation of hostilities in Iraq," said Bill Evans, Westpac's global head of economics. "However, actual activity slowed in the June quarter although expectations ...

RBA hints at interest rate cut due to international downturn

... observers watching for signs of that quickly found the picture clouded by concerns about the growing likelihood of war in Iraq, and then its actual occurrence." "Confidence recovered some ground and attention returned to underlying economic trends, but ...

'Bulls' released from their pen:survey shows sentiment turnaround

... bearish sentiment are at all time lows." "The obvious reasons for this surge in enthusiasm are the cessation of hostilities in Iraq and recent rises in the market," the report said. "The substantial gap in the level of sentiment between the always more ...

Australian business confidence remains resilient: National

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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