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BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... of their biggest customers to be bought up by one of its biggest competitors, in a deal expected to be finalised by Christmas. Freeman said before BT had merged with Westpac they had provided product that had to stand-alone in the market without an integrated ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... January when he helped kill it - and Gerry is again in the press today spruiking his profits and yet again warning of a christmas slowdown from hell. Bluescope may have similarly albeit accidentally saved the Australian economy from its own laziness ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Bureau of Labor Statistics' official count of only 57,000 private sector jobs during that month? Challenger, Gray & Christmas' report that lay-off announcements surged by 61% to 66,000 in July - the highest in 16 months - from 41,000 in the previous ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... the Australian dollar threatened to trade at parity with its US counterpart. Most of us planned overseas holidays come Christmas 2008 and/or wrung our hands over what imported item our more valuable currency could purchase. The A$ went as high as US$0.9786 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... rises and 28 falls among the 118 stocks traded. The strength came even though reports of weak sales by retailers at Christmas were backed up by official data today showing a decline in retail sales in December.

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... property, home contents, etc. The Age reports that, "Suncorp said yesterday it had received more than 10,000 claims since Christmas - with more than a third of those coming just last weekend, and had brought in extra staff to cope with demand." Factories ...

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

This is the final online newsletter from Financial Standard this year. The editorial team wishes you all a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. The first online newsletter next year will appear on January 17 but until that time, the website will ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... continuing, though at a rate that has been insufficient to bring down unemployment." The Fed might still be having a blue Christmas, but as long as it is, it'll keep on stuffing Xmas stockings with freshly minted dollars - the very ones consumers use ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... at $22.92. Trading conditions were quiet as the holiday season approached, Ms Chan said. "It is winding down towards Christmas and there is... lacklustre trading."

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." Things are looking bright. Mister Market's mood is turning to yuletide cheer. And why not? It's looking good not only for the remainder of 2010 but also beyond the New Year. Sure, there are still ten trading ...