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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... data. The Australian stock market closed sharply lower yesterday, with $40 billion wiped off its value following losses in United States markets caused by lingering recession fears. It was the 11th weak session in a row and the longest losing streak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... for December. The Australian share market closed sharply lower yesterday, falling for its eighth session in a row after United States markets were pummelled by more fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and fears of a recession. The benchmark ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... rights abuses, a core tenet of SRI investing, as a reason not to look at BRIC markets. "The world's largest economy, the United States, has a number of glaring failures on the human rights front - the death sentence, Guantanamo and its huge prison population ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... to the market optimism today, Credit Suisse raised US stocks to "overweight" for the first time this decade, saying the United States has historically outperformed when leading economic indicators fall "because the speed of macro and corporate policy ...

Blair joins JPMorgan Chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... spanning ten years, he was praised for his diplomatic involvements in the Middle East process but criticised for joining the United States-led war against Iraq. JPMorgan Chase operates in more than 50 countries with assets of $1.67 trillion.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after the United States and other world markets -- apart from Germany -- suffered falls on Friday. In London on Friday, base metal prices generally were higher. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... and similarly with the gold price which was off quite substantially." Mr Wacher said positive retail sales data in the United States helped to buoy stocks on Wall Street. "The US retail sales result was pretty strong so that's probably given a bit of ...

Lehman Brothers banks on natural resources

... new managing director of investment banking. Prior to joining Lehman, Treacy worked for over 10 years at JP Morgan in the United Kingdom and Australia, where he was most recently head of natural resources for Australia and New Zealand. Treacy is the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... market closed weaker on Wednesday after a smaller than expected interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve helped push United States markets sharply lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 65.2 points lower at 6615.2, and the All Ordinaries was down ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... five years ago. "Among other things, they have helped lower the cost of capital for borrowers around the world. In the United States, we [McKinsey] estimate, long-term interest rates are as much as 0.75 of a percentage point lower thanks to purchases ...