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Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... technologies. "Positive signs in the US such as unemployment recovering, growing activity in the housing market and the consumer sentiment are drivers of broad economic recovery," Casarotti said. "We are not believers that it is going to be a hockey ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... yen as Group of 20 finance ministers met amid growing talk of "currency wars". Solid US industrial output and consumer sentiment data helped European stocks push into positive territory for a while in afternoon trading, but fell back as the closing bell ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics' lending finance data for December and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute's survey of consumer sentiment are due to be relesaed. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank, CSL, Boral, Stockland, Noni B, Ansell, Goodman Fielder ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... additional 335K more workers that'll continue to spend and pay taxes. Must be why the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment is rising, home prices continue to climb, construction spending is strengthening and durable good orders are surging. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... calculated in preliminary data. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Lending finance for November and the ABS new motor vehicle sales for December ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... year. In local economic news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their latest survey of consumer sentiment. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes lending finance data for October, and Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... adding 146,000 jobs, a gain from October's downwardly revised 138,000. Meanwhile, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index declined to 74.5 from November's 82.7, which had been the best level in five years. Also weighing on market sentiment ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... Meanwhile, PMP, Goodman Fielder and Paladin Energy have AGMs slated. The awaited US data includes jobless claims, consumer sentiment, and leading indicators for November. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower, with investors unimpressed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... price index for the September quarter will be released along with the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment. "If wages come in significantly higher than what was expected, that could suggest inflationary pressures and affect the likelihood ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... is due to release the wage price index for September quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, a directions hearing in Blackwood Corp v Mulsanne Resources (Tinkler) is due in the Supreme ...