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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... the broader S&P 500-stock index added 1.60 (0.11 per cent) to 1,405.53. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq index got a boost from Amazon and Cisco to end a solid 13.95 points higher (0.46 per cent) to 3,030.93. Sharemarkets in London and Frankfurt were weaker ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... the broader S&P 500-stock index added 1.60 (0.11 per cent) to 1,405.53. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq index got a boost from Amazon and Cisco to end a solid 13.95 points higher (0.46 per cent) to 3,030.93. New data showed that inflation was flat, industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... The tech-laden Nasdaq composite gained 12.53 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 2,760.01, supported by a 3.1 per cent jump in Amazon's shares, and a 3.4 per cent lift for shares in Starbucks. The local market made broad-based gains in quiet trading ahead of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Street, which saw its three main indexes close in the green thanks to a strong earnings report from online retail giant Amazon, which said sales in the January-March quarter soared 34 per cent. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 10.83 points, or 0.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... cut its profit forecast and said it is losing subscribers following a price increase in July. After the market closed, Amazon Inc plunged 17 per cent after its earnings came in far below Wall Street's forecasts. The market was also pulled lower by a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... the Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" portrayed a still-weak economy in September, as big losses from tech stars Apple and Amazon pulled the Nasdaq down more than 2.0 per cent. Reports of ongoing discord over the coming comprehensive rescue plan for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... nearly five per cent Wednesday. Tech stocks were dragged down by a 1.62 per cent drop in Apple and a 3.16 per cent fall in Amazon, a day after Amazon launched its assault on Apple's iPad with a new tablet that sells for less than half the iPad price. ...

AllianceBernstein bullish on molecular medicine

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... 2010 to US$4.6 billion by 2015. It also has investments in storage company Isilon, graphics processing firm Invidia and Amazon, all of which are likely to capitalise on the growth. Amazon is benefiting from the extra capacity it has in its web services ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... September 2008. And why not, the recent reporting season shows that most US firms - despite disappointing results from Ford and Amazon - continue to beat profit estimates. And why not, the US economy has woken up from its summer slumber. Real GDP growth ...

Regal bags hedge fund award

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Management has won the Best Asian Relative Value Fund Award at the annual Eurekahedge Asian ceremony in Singapore. Regal's Amazon Market Neutral fund aims to provide returns with low correlation to equity markets. "Regal has always sought to provide ...