Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2001 - 2010 of 2958 results for "August 27"

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Australian stocks had a lacklustre opening after falls on Wall Street and in Europe. At 1018 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.3 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,319 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 14.6 ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... Europe and a limping US economy have spawned. China's trade figures disappointed. Exports rose by only 2.7% in the year to August - less than already low predictions for a 3.0% increase. Imports declined by 2.7% versus the 3.5% rise expected. Industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as investors wait to see if the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week will lead to stimulatory measures. At 0749 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...

Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
The Sydney Desalination Plant has appointed former Queensland Coordinator-General Keith Davies as chief executive officer. The appointment was effective August 27 and follows the June 2012 refinance of the operation by the NSW State Government which ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It's her birthday and she'll cry if she wants to. Economic growth of 0.6% in the June quarter and 3.7% over the year marked exactly 21 years since Australia last experienced a recession. Yes folks, a year and 20! America has had 2 since then - Q1 to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat result on Wall Street overnight with investors waiting to see if Europe's central bank plans to introduce stimulatory measures. At 0818 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...