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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower as investors respond to an increased possibility the US will launch a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... China may be coming to an end, while the US dollar climbed back towards the Y100 mark. Easing concerns about a possible military strike on Syria also lifted sentiment and reduced worries over crude supplies, sending prices lower. Hong Kong on Monday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... quarterly online retail sales index. In Australia, the market on Friday ended higher as investor caution prompted by possible military action against Syria eased. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 42.6 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 5,135 points. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... closed higher following an upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth and a shift in expectations away from an immediate military strike on Syria. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 16.44 (0.11 per cent) to 14,840.95 on Thursday. The broad-based ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... creditors and clamp down even harder on recurrent budget expenditure particularly if pressure keeps mounting for increased military expenditure in an even limited intervention into the Syrian crisis. But the bigger influence on the retirement rush is ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/34240686 -- have put the Fed's tapering on hold. "The prospect of Western military action against Syria has sent stock markets worldwide reeling. Emerging markets have sold off and oil prices soared to six-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... lunch. In Australia, the market on Wednesday suffered its steepest one-day fall in three weeks as speculation about a US military strike on Syria hits the big miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 54 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 5,087.2 points. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a plunge on Wall Street as the US investors eye possible military intervention in Syria. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 55 points at 5,068. ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The government has announced it will 'triple index' age pensions for retired non-veteran military personnel. The reform follows several Senate inquiries and already implemented reforms to retirement benefits for combat and disabled veterans. The Minister ...