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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed to negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets generally lower after bouncing back from deeper falls, while precious metals were higher. Oil fell slightly after also rebounding. On the ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close. Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend, as it awaits the public float of Queensland freight railways, QR National. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The $500 million-plus Health Industry Plan has appointed MLC as its group insurance provider and improved its insurance benefits for members. According to a letter from chairman Anthony Wallace, MLC's appointment coincides with increases in death cover ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by miners after commodities and equities rose during overnight trade. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.6 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,665.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The deep wounds caused by the GFC to investors are a long way from healing, with shareholder resentment over executive pay packets still at an all-time high. Despite a surging share price and strong business performance in the last financial year, shareholders ...

Fee-for-service assist program launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Practice development firm, Elixir Consulting, has launched a practice management online service that can help advisers switch to fee-for-service a lot easier. Building on its already released book by the same name, the new program is for advisers that ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... level since two September's ago. This is a positive for the US labour market. It might still be too slow for Big O's and Big Ben's taste, but job creation is heading in the right direction. These three are just the latest snippets of the slowly strengthening ...

Market Wrap - Morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads as offshore trading continues on Friday morning, with Wall Street's and Europe's key indices substantially higher, as are precious and base metals and oil. On the ASX24 at 0627 AEDT, the December ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...