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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... gain from Monday. The Dow and broader indexes each fell more than two per cent. Treasury prices rose on increased demand for safe investments. Stocks have seesawed in the past week as Europe's efforts to agree on a bailout package for Greece proceeded ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Greek government has agreed to freeze wages and pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along ...

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
AvSuper has unveilled a new conservative growth investment option to especially service members approaching retirement or who are risk averse. The $1 billion-plus AvSuper last month announced the launch of the new option, which was introduced following ...

London exchange signs deal with FactSet

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... have to invest in expensive new hardware to run it, they also benefit from the reassurance of knowing that their data is safe, because it is securely hosted at the Exchange. The first firm to benefit from the joint venture will be a major international ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... US$1.60 versus the greenback on 22 April 2008. Then came the GFC. The global financial crisis weakened the euro vis-a-vis the safe haven US dollar through to early 2009 before the 'green shoots' and increased risk appetite sent the euro currency rising ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
The Australian market is likely to open in the red after US stocks and commodities plunged on investor concerns that the global economy is weaker than expected. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 134 ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Gold's spectacular run in 2009 appears to have run out of puff this early in the New Year. The yellow metal produced a hefty 27.1 per cent return last year as prices jumped from US$862.20 per ounce in January 2009 to a high of US$1,212.00 an ounce on ...