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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas trading overnight, with Wall Street indices flat, precious metals mixed and oil flat. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 34 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads into Thursday trading, as Wall Street posted gains on positive jobs and home sales data. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 24 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
Australian shares may open higher on Wednesday after the prices of crude oil and copper gained overnight, while a report showed inflation was unlikely to be a problem. Wall Street equity indices were flat. At 0748 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... that of the Britiss in the 1800s and early 1900s. He also quoted the "7 pre-conditions for the end of an empire" by US economist Charles Kindleberger, that he argues are currently befalling the US. These include over indebtedness, foreign policy overstretch ...

Hillross buys Rabo Financial Advisors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... have access to a broader range of product solutions, more platforms and deeper support services. We have our own chief economist and our own technical advisory board, which they can now access," said McMurdo. "The [Rabobank] practices have been well ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up 1.3 per cent by noon on Friday after better than expected jobs and productivity data in the US and as the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its forecast for economic growth. All sectors of the market gained, despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher as Wall Street had its best day in three months on better-than-expected United States economic growth figures. US gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as mixed economic data gave Wall Street a mixed day of trading. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 21 points lower at 4,743. In economic news ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009