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Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... More indications of which came in the form of the 2-point increase in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index to 98.1 in November - the highest print in the current recovery - amid sharp gains in expectations for the economy and in sales. The S&P 500 ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're now seeing dead people (apologies for mixing my movie themes). Wall Street's down, Europe's down and to quote ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow US and international bourses downwards to open lower after disappointing Japanese and Chinese data. At 0836 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 5,355. Chinese ...

Former Moody's analyst guilty of insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
A former Moody's analyst has pleaded guilty to passing on inside information which enabled a friend to make more than $180,000 trading shares. Daniel Joffe, 37, of Vaucluse, passed on information acquired in the course of his duties to Nathan Stromer ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... but that... it has mended. I refer not only to the much, much better than expected headline 321,000 surge in jobs in November - guesses ranged from 200K to 306K -- that followed and equally strong 243,000 pop in the previous month and the unemployment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's Dow and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs on good jobs figures. At 0748 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,360. The Dow closed just ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fluctuated, not moving far from its previous records after the ECB stopped short of announcing new stimulus measures. At 0848 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
National Australia Bank plans to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities with the launch of a so-called 'green bond.' The NAB Climate Bond is also the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with international Climate ...

ATO exec leaves to join consulting firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) assistant deputy commissioner for superannuation has left the regulator to join Brisbane-based consultancy firm McPherson Super Consulting. Stuart Forsyth was involved in drafting the ATO ruling on limited recourse borrowing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after US stocks performed strongly, lifting more than half a per cent, as construction spending data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...