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MapInfo plots the market's future

A mapping software group which enables banks in the US to forecast demand for financial services based on postcodes is making an aggressive push into Australia to provide similar software products to local banks and insurers. MapInfo has grown from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... weaker at 1,270.92. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 29.48 points to 2,061.99. LONDON - Major shares closed lower as the US data dented some expectations that US interest rates would stay on hold, with banks the worst sector despite higher profits ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... rate pause speculation is coming back. Volatility will continue in financial markets as investors continue to react to US data releases. There is no one else to blame for this increased volatility but the Fed which explicitly stated that further monetary ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... points at 1307.85. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 5.87 points at 2303.97. LONDON - British shares ended lower after US data raised inflation concerns and energy companies were hit by softer oil prices. The FTSE 100 closed at 6010, down 72.1 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... points at 2322.57. LONDON - UK stocks ended down, suffering their biggest weekly fall since October, as oil stocks fell and US data failed to offset China concerns. The FTSE 100 closed 36.9 points weaker at 6023.1 points -- taking the week's losses to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2005
... 5400 level for the first time in a month, buoyed by a clutch of well-received UK trading figures and better-than-expected US data that calmed inflation concerns. The FTSE closed up 73.3 points or 1.37 per cent at 5431.9, scoring its fifth straight day ...

Battlers support super contributions

Figures released by the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue the Hon Mal Brouch show that over 17 per cent of low and middle income earners will receive a government co-contribution to their superannuation. "We expect next year's take-up to ...

Midday Market wrap: $A weaker at noon, bonds firmer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
... federal government production numbers. "We are definitely getting our bias from offshore.. (as) there is still a lot of US data to be released," Mr Koukoulas said. Macquarie Bank currency strategist Jo Masters said the US dollar had weakened right across ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... US dollar weakness - we've seen that very much over the last two or three weeks. "The (US) market (was) ignoring good US data and focusing a bit on their CPI (consumer price index) numbers, which were softer than expected - both the core and the headline ...

Midday Market Wrap: Weak financial sector puts pressure on local bourse

... Australian bond market was stronger at noon, keeping overnight gains but trading very little in this morning as it awaited the US data, a strategist said. At 0900 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.870 per cent from ...