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Financial Standard launches iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Financial Standard has launched the Financial Standard iPadA(R) app.The app will allow iPadA(R) users to download the tablet edition of the Financial Standard fortnightly newspaper, with the latest issue available now. The app is available for free ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall closed more than one per cent down following an earlier rally. At 0709 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at 4,256. There is no economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open flat on Wednesday, if it follows Tuesday's local trend and after only a 20 point rise on the US market overnight. At 0719 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 14 points ...

Australian Capital Reserve directors plead guilty

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The former directors of Australian Capital Reserve, the fundraising arm of Estate Property Group, have pleaded guilty to making false or misleading statements to obtain a financial advantage. Samuel Pogson and Murray Lapham each admitted to one charge ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar powered to a three-week high above 106 US cents by noon, buoyed by strength in equity markets as risk sentiment firmed following a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower following poor US jobs data and as the market waits for a speech from the US central bank chairman. At 0700 (AEST) on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.31 US cents, down from 104.56 cents on Thursday. ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Devon Sharma, president of Standard & Poor's since 2007, has been replaced in the role by chief operating officer of Citibank, Douglas Peterson, three weeks after Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. The McGraw-Hill Companies ...

YBR adviser awards announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Fourteen Yellow Brick Road advisers were recognised for their efforts in the 2011 Yellow Brick Road Conference Branch Award Winners. The awards, held at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on August 18-19, recognised branches working under the Yellow Brick ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
When you're happy and you know it - click on the buy button. The 24-hour cycle saw most major equity indices soar up, up and away - from Asia to Europe to America. Are we witnessing the beginning of the beginnings of another leg up in equities or will ...