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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... promised to take "bold steps" to narrow the company's focus. Cisco rose five per cent, the most of any stock in the Dow Jones industrial average. CEO John Chambers said in a memo to employees that recent missteps were "unacceptable." Other technology ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... credit later this year to ward off inflation. All of the committee's members agreed that the economy is improving. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.13 points, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 12,393.90. The S&P 500 index was down 0.24 at 1,332.63. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... moves. Traders are hoping to see how rising gas prices and other commodity costs are affecting corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23.31 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 12,400.03. The S&P 500 index gained less than a point to 1,332.87. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... on Friday, as traders welcomed a drop in US unemployment to 8.8 per cent in March, from 8.9 per cent in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index ended up 0.46 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... stronger job creation, the Labour Department said in a report signalling a turnaround in the troubled labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip stocks rose 56.99 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 12,376.72 points. The broad-based S&P ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... associations, including the Australian Council for Superannuation Investors, the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association and Jones LangLaSalle are actively supporting the GRESB Foundation. "VFMC takes an active approach to ESG and believes that both investor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... 4,837.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 15.9 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 4,928.6. NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average closed its best start to the year since 1999 Thursday, rising 6.4 per cent in the first three months. The ...

Super conference ends on a high

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... the managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia, and the assistant secretary of the ACTU. Hosted by Tony Jones of the ABC's Lateline program, discussion was lively with MySuper likened at one point to the "housing commission of superannuation". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... on Wednesday after a key report on private-sector hiring suggested the ailing labour market was turning a corner. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 71.60 points (0.58 per cent) to 12,350.61. The broad-based S&P 500 index advanced 8.82 points (0.67 ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... streets protesting and demonstrating against these painful measures. Back to America. Reports indicating that Mr. and Mrs. Jones still can't sell the home at the price at which they purchased it pre-GFC could be another factor dampening sentiment. The ...