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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... conditions." Large technology stocks were especially strong, with Dow member Microsoft gaining 2.1 per cent and Facebook and Google both rising 1.9 per cent. Apple rose 1.2 per cent. Banking shares also thrived. Dow members JPMorgan Chase and Goldman ...

BetaShares launch NASDAQ ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... across industry sectors such as technology, telecommunications and retail, and includes household names such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. Managing director of BetaShares, Alex Vynokur, said the launch of NDQ is expected to tap into continuing ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out". "We welcome the small business package," he told the ABC's Leigh Sales. "We support ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... harder than companies in other sectors. Dow members Apple and Intel fell 2.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent, respectively, while Google dropped 1.9 per cent and Gilead Sciences shed 2.5 per cent. Exceptions included Netflix (+1.9 per cent), which was upgraded ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... cent, to 5,906.68 points. NEW YORK - The Nasdaq extended its closing record with strong boosts from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 36.02 points (0.71 per cent) at 5,092.08, boosting the record broken on Thursday, 15 years ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... Apple Watch. Other outperformers that helped lift Nasdaq near 5000, a level not breached since the year 2000, included Google (+2.1 per cent) and Tesla Motors (+1.7 per cent). Oil giant Chevron fell 1.4 per cent and oil-services company Schlumberger ...

PM Capital global fund boosts income growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... exposure. The fund's top five holdings are Lloyds Bank (UK), ING Group (Netherlands), Pfizer (US), Barclays Plc (UK) and Google Inc (US). "The basic framework we employ at PM CAPITAL has not changed," PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... gadgets in people's lives. Big online services also propelled the indices. Alibaba added 3.35 percent, Amazon 2.8 percent and Google 2.3 percent. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury rose to 1.85 percent from 1.81 percent Tuesday, while ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Speculation is growing that Google will directly enter the insurance market. While its interest seems limited to automative insurance the impact of its disruptive approach is expected to impact other insurance classes. Google's interest in car insurance ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... week. But back to oil forecasting, errr... extrapolation. We've seen this before. I've forgotten about this but thanks to google I found a piece I wrote back on 9 March 2011. The heading: "Oil at US$300" (and that's not per three barrels). On that day ...