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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... healthcare sector was buoyed by a $1.99 billion takeover offer for private hospitals and pathology operator Healthscope. On Wall Street on Friday, sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Did anyone hear that loud thud on Wall Street over the weekend? So what do we do now? Are we back on track for very slow growth - at worst, a double-dip -- and all the sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street ...

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... assessed against a financial services firm in the SEC history, said Robert Khuzami. "This settlement is a stark lesson to Wall Street firms that no product is too complex, and no investor too sophisticated, to avoid a heavy price if a firm violates the ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act', a bill designed to prevent another financial crisis ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Markets research analyst Ben Potter said it was likely to be a "fairly quiet" day's trade, due to the mixed leads from Wall Street overnight and because it was Friday. "I think we're looking at some fairly benign trade for most of the session," Mr Potter ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Oil spill? Checked. Lawsuit? Checked. The resolution of these two uncertainties powered Wall Street into a positive close after spending most its trading day worrying about weak economic data at home. Oil spill plugged. BP shares surged by 7.6 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian share market has received a modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
h no! Wall Street has run out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... cent, by 4.78 points, to 3,632.98. TOKYO - Japanese shares gained 2.71 per cent on Wednesday on upbeat sentiment after Wall Street notched up its sixth consecutive gain thanks to brisk corporate earnings, brokers said. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... five cents at $33.75. The local market received a positive lead from the overnight action, with the main indices on Wall Street gaining more than one per cent and commodities prices ending firmer.