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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... have hurt its profits. Mosaic, Dupont and stocks of other companies in the materials industry fell. But utilities and health care stocks, where investors often retreat in a slow-growing economy, helped pull the Standard & Poor's 500 index above the break-even ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... signal on Australian equities is in effect, but avoid miners and banks... buy into defensives (consumer staples and health care) as well as industrials." And that, "Industrials and manufacturing will outperform on lower interest rates and a weaker currency." ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... financial sector is doing very well at the moment on the back of the results released from the Commonwealth Bank, and the health care sector also rose." "The only lag at the moment is the materials sector, and we saw slight losses from Rio Tinto and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... in tech stocks ruled the day as the US Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the Obama administration's controversial health care law had little overall effect on trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday closed down 24.75 points (0.20 per cent) ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... other policy areas such as boosting infrastructure, industrial relations reform, business deregulation, education and health care reform were found to be important, each of these areas represent much smaller GDP boosts, according to the report. Recommendations ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... billion to kick-start the National Insurance and Disability Scheme, $500 million each for dental health and regional health care, and $3.7 billion for a restructuring of aged care. Helping to pay for some of this is a trimming back of superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Earnings (AWOTE) for three months to November. In equities news, Consolidated Media Holdings, Virgin Australia, Ramsay Health Care, Bega Cheese and Fairfax Media are among the companies due to post first half results while Austar United Communications ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... shifting employees to the company's 401(k) accumulation plan that is operated by Fidelity. The 401(k) plan offers health care, life insurance, disability protection and investment choice. Justifying the move that will occur in October this year, Cindy ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... government's moves to trim back excessive middle class welfare, which surged under the Howard government through the health care rebate, increases to family income thresholds for child care support and family benefit payments and superannuation becoming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... Reserve reported big jumps in manufacturing. All but two of the 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 rose. Utilities and health care gained the most. LONDON - European shares have closed higher and the euro has firmed, helped by a successful Spanish bond ...