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The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... everything related to growth...including weak commodity prices and weakening China. And the more these 'experts' play Chicken Little, the truer this tale of woe and dire predictions become. The good thing is that with all these scaremongers mongering ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... Chatterton said. "A combination of those two things is pushing us up and if you look across most sectors, we are getting a little bit of support in most areas," he told AAP. The ASX 200 index is down nearly 10 per cent for the last month, and some traders ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... him, he's assembled prominent names in the investment industry to add 'credibility' to this, another one of his 'Chicken Little' predictions. I'll go over my word quota if I copy and paste the quotations he carefully and selectively chose to confirm ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... seeing some more money being taken off the table," BBY private client adviser Henry Jennings said. "I think the market is a little bit in the doldrums at the moment." Mr Jennings said investors were looking ahead to the release of local economic growth ...

Employers divided on internal social media effectiveness

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... While more than 50% of employers are using social media to communicate and build community with their employees, there is little consensus as to which tools are most effective. According to a flash survey by global professional services company Towers ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... considered for an ASX 200 board." Although the level of women on boards has increased slightly, BlackRock notes there has been little change in the level of diversity among key management personnel. Furthermore, BlackRock adds that disclosures made by ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... that, "that time is not yet". Yeah, the equity markets' performance last week backed up those jitter-inducing headlines. Little ol' moi has just gotten reinforcements too - and it's from one of the biggest guns in the field. In an interview at the World ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... cent rebound in Japan's Nikkei 225 index and modest further falls in Europe kept the mood on Wall Street cautious, with little reaction to data showing a rebound in US durable goods orders in April. Orders gained 3.3 per cent, led by the volatile aircraft ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Australian shares are a little weaker as the market follows Wall street into negative territory. Still, IG market strategist Chris Weston said, the futures market had been expecting an even worse session in the US, where the broad-based S&P 500 finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Ordinaries index was down 101.3 points, or 1.97 per cent, to 5,040.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished slightly lower, little-affected by a sharp selloff in Asian and European markets led by the 7.3 per cent plunge of Japan's Nikkei 225 index. The ...