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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Australian stock market has opened flat despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... advertising of SMSF services and it has expanded its work to regularly review online advertising channels, such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Tanzer said that ASIC has identified "some concerning trends" in the implementation of the limited AFS licence ...

The Lighter Side of MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... delegates 4) Take a photo next to the MAX sign. Let's start a tradition. Don't make MAX feel lonely. Share on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Sharing is caring. Special prizes for funny tweets. 5) Download our iPhone or iPad app dedicated to MAX. Get ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... technology stocks was a sign of improving sentiment. Leading tech companies to gain included Apple, up 1.9 per cent, Facebook, up 3.5 per cent, Priceline, up 5.2 per cent, and Tesla Motors, up 2.1 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended ...

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... to their clients which highlighted the main issues in the budget, while others recorded videos and turned to Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn to express their views and answer clients' concerns. JBS Financial Strategists director Jenny Brown told her clients ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... investors, led the Nasdaq losses with a 11.3 per cent drop. Also falling were online travel booker Priceline (-2.1 per cent), Facebook (-1.1 per cent) and Apple (-0.7 per cent). LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher after European Central ...

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Writing about financial market action these days has become an exercise in zzz's - that is, you have to exercise to avoid getting the zzz's. Sure they gyrate from one day to the other - some even intra-day - but overall action remains boring overall. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... 1,878.33, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index tacked on 29.14 (0.72 per cent) to 4,103.54. Some tech stocks such as Facebook (+3.6 per cent) and Netflix (1.8 per cent) that fell on Monday scored solid gains. The Conference Board's index of consumer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... inflation data prompted a rally. US markets were weaker overnight but upbeat quarterly earnings reports released by Apple and Facebook after the close of trade sparked rises in futures markets. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were pleased ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... US shares continued their downward spiral Friday led by the technology sector, owing to fears big-name firms such as Facebook, Twitter and Netflix may be overpriced. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 27.892 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5063.539.