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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... closed little-changed, losing 0.23 per cent, in the first day of trade after the death of company founder and visionary Steve Jobs from cancer. Bond prices fell. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 1.99 per cent from 1.91 per cent late Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... activity sub-index rose 1.5 points to 57.1. Meanwhile, the private payrolls firm ADP reported that US companies added 91,000 jobs last month, figures that while meager were better than expected. Bond prices fell. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose ...

UBS CEO resigns over rogue trading scandal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... based trader, equates to approximately the same amount the Swiss bank is looking to shave off its books by cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide. "The Board regrets Oswald GrA1/4bel's decision," said UBS's Chairman, Kaspar Villiger, in a statement. "Oswald GrA1/4bel ...

INGIM cuts jobs before takeover

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
ING Investment Management is cutting staff numbers in the lead up to its takeover by UBS Asset Management, with estimates at 36 staff cuts to date. Notice of potential job cuts was given back in June when news of the takeover was announced, with the ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... US$2 billion loss equates to approximately the same amount the Swiss bank is looking to shave off its books by cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide. According to a report published in UK newspaper, Financial Times, UBS did not discover the suspected rogue trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... bank said on Thursday. WASHINGTON - The US Postal Service has unveiled a drastic downsizing scheme, including cutting 35,000 jobs, as it seeks to avoid collapse amid a "new reality" in the economy. PARIS - French nuclear giant Areva is suspending uranium ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... Financial stocks were the best performers, with Bank of America firming 1.0 per cent after announcing it will cut 30,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting global restructure. Local investors will likely remain cautious and do not show much conviction to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... minutes of trading. Financial stocks were up, with Bank of America climbing 1.0 per cent after saying it would eliminate 30,000 jobs as part of a broad restructuring plan that would cut $US5 billion from its annual costs by 2014. Bond prices were almost ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... is seen to be doing something (he needs to, his second term depends on this). US President Obama proposed a US$450 billion jobs initiative following the latest US non-farm payrolls data showing that not one additional job was created in August. A good ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... off gloom in the world economy. The tumble began after a weak opening on Wall Street, driven down by scepticism over a US jobs stimulus and doubts about European banks, especially after the IMF chief reiterated her urgent plea that lenders recapitalise ...