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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... similar range of losses. HONG KONG - Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Thursday as a strong set of jobs figures from the United States boosted regional optimism, despite lingering caution over Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis. Tokyo's Nikkei closed 0.48 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal Court. Austar United Communications Ltd chief executive John Porter was scheduled to speak at a business lunch in Sydney. On Tuesday, the Australian ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... industry. It will be rolled out around Australia in May, to coincide with the 100th International Women's Day calendar and the United Nations 'Equality Means Business' agenda. "Our own statistics show us that although women make up 45 per cent of the ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... toll on global production. And over the weekend, "Operation Odyssey Dawn" added to the list of market uncertainties as the United States, the United Kingdom and France - with the blessing of the United Nations - started bombing Qaddafi's bum off his ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... The EMU is expected to announce the doubling of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) to EUR440 billion today. The United Nations has taken charge of the situation in the MENA region by bombing Qaddafi. On top of these, the Bank of Japan is now ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... expert Dr Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he managed the fund's commitments in accordance with the United Nations principles for responsible investment. Fuller's experience in the ESG field dovetails well with Mercer's own environmental ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... no-fly zone over Libya. Currency traders were soon heartened after a joint statement from G-7 officials saying that the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Central Bank would join with Japan in a concerted intervention in currency markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... weekly fall in just over nine months, losing ground as sentiment was further eroded by economic concerns in Europe and the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 54.9 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 4,644.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... fall in about nine months, with further falls on Friday due to rising oil prices and disappointing economic data from the United States and China. At 1208 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.7 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 4,665 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... global financial crisis. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed lower as investors ignored a positive lead from United States markets and pulled back from the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed on Wednesday down 40.4 points ...