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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from European trading overnight, but the most powerful influence on the day's trade, Wall Street, was closed for Thanksgiving. On the ASX24 at 0701 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... performer, jumping 48.17 points, or 1.93 per cent, to 2,543.12, its biggest one-day gain in seven weeks, IG Markets analyst Ben Potter said. Stronger base metals and commodities prices on the London Metals Exchange overnight, along with solid gains by ...

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Financial Planning Association has unveiled a new strategy and brand at the FPA National Conference on the Gold Coast this morning as part of a broader effort to restore consumer trust post-GFC. As part of the strategy, the FPA has proposed a number ...

ASIC shuts illegal FX trading website

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
ASIC has moved to shut down an unlicensed foreign exchange trading website, which is estimated to have raised at least US$76,000 from investors. ASIC obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against AC Trading Co, a company formerly based ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
"It's always darkest before dawn." This axiom came to mind as I watched Wall Street recouped its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving overwhelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0727 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 42 points higher at 4,628. In economics news, the Australian Bureau of ...

AustralianSuper to hit $110bn by 2020

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
AustralianSuper intends to triple its funds under management from the current $33 billion to $110 billion in the next ten years using a five-pronged growth strategy, including buying and merging with other super funds. Paul Schroder, general manager ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as investors worried about debt issues in Europe and tensions on the Korean peninsula. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 23.1 points, or 0.50 per cent, at 4,566.0, while the broader All ...