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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... 4,612.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index finished up 58.6 points, or 1.28 per cent, at 4,632.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Monday after investors lost some of their enthusiasm about China's decision to let its currency ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... underfunding risks have resorted to changing their once immovable retirement policies. According to international paper The New York Times and reported in other publications, Ohio has already changed its retirement age from 60 to 67, Colorado cut its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... cent, at 4,551.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 27.1 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,574.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for a fourth straight day on Friday, led by shares of minerals companies after gold prices settled at another ...

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
New York's State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has issued a statement condemning press reports that he will allow New York's $150 billion-plus pension fund to balance the state budget. "There have been a number of outrageous and unfounded rumors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... cent, at 4,559 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 54.5 points, or 1.21 per cent, to 4,572.1 points. NEW YORK - BP's agreement to put $US20 billion into a fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill lifted the stock market off its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... 0.01 per cent, to 4,505 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 1.1 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 4,517.6. NEW YORK - Industrial and technology stocks pulled Wall Street sharply higher after Boeing said it was boosting production and a forecast ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... Billiton down 34 cents at $38.24 and Rio Tinto down 36 cents at $68.74. Energy stocks were also lower despite a rise in New York's benchmark crude oil contract. Woodside Petroleum was down 60 cents at $44.62, Santos was down 14 cents at $13.36, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... cent, to 4,505.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 68.1 points, or 1.53 per cent, at 4,516.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks faltered in the last hour of trading as investors gave in to anxiety about Europe's economy. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... cent, at 4,435.3, while the broader-market All Ordinaries index finished up 45.8 points, or 1.04 per cent, at 4,448.4. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Thursday after positive economic news raised hopes for the global recovery. A jump in Chinese ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... at 4,385.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index finished up 1.4 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,402.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Wednesday, after a late-session slide as optimism about the economic recovery gave way to a wave ...