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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, which was the largest monthly increase in three years. It was the third time in the past five months that the non-farm ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... report that will be revealed on Good Friday. The majority expects the stats to show that some 200K jobs were created in March. This is well and good but... not when you consider that the range of forecasts lie between the destruction of 20K positions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... and provided a reminder that the job market remains weak. The ADP Employment report said employers slashed 23,000 jobs in March. Market players had expected the report to show employers added 40,000 jobs in the month. The ADP report is seen as an early ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... employment was affected by the severe weather." Financial markets expect the report to show around 200,000 jobs created in March. This would be good news iffy the jobs number print as expected. It indicates that the US is starting to make inroads into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... quarter approached. The mood in the market was upbeat after a report that consumer confidence grew more than expected in March, although sentiment was still well below historical levels that indicate a strong economy. A separate report showed home prices ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... inflation. Improving. Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 457k last week, the Philly Fed PMI increased by more than expected in March and the index of US leading index posted its 11th straight monthly rise in February. Benign inflation. Headline consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... falling from a two-month intraday high of 10,864.30 struck on Wednesday. Nikkei futures and options contracts expiring in March have settled at 10,808.73, a figure that market players watch closely for clues on the future direction of the market. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... gained momentum after it broke above 10,808.73, the settlement price of Nikkei futures and options contracts expiring in March, some players said. The broader Topix rose 9.33 points, or one per cent, to 947.43. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets pushed ...

Citi and GSJBW win ESG awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... houses from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Macquarie, Merrill Lynch and UBS. "When we founded ESG Research Australia in March last year there were only two researchers consistently producing high quality ESG research in Australia. Despite the challenges ...

Westpoint investors win $13.5m compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... to be able to do this in the last week of August. The corporate watchdog commenced proceedings against State Trustees in March 2008 alleging that State Trustees breached its duty to the holders of Mezzanine Notes and failed to comply with its obligations ...