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Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
While extreme weather conditions have already impacted the world's main food producers, increasing inflation and raising price pressures, a bush tucker diet including feral cats may be the answer. According to Brian Turner, executive editor of UK personal ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... blue chips rallied by 2.8 per cent in heavy trade, as real estate developers rose on hopes of a rate cut by the US central bank. The Hang Seng Index closed up 620.09 points to end at 22,966.97, its highest close since July 31. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... steroids, and The People's Bank of China has again moved to take some of the pump out of its economic growth. The central bank lifted its one-year lending rate for the fourth time this year by 18 basis points to 7.02 per cent and still pushing savings ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
The Australian share market was lower at noon as hesitant investors await a recovery on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points to 5969.2. The All Ordinaries dropped 38.6 points to 5988.9. On the Sydney Futures ...

Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... lending it said, "banks indicated they had tightened their lending standards over the past three months." The European Central Bank did its best to calm rattled markets injecting another -$48billion ($77 billion) to liquidity, and the Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... points, up 120.65 or 2.21 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average inched up 0.2 per cent as investors, reassured by central bank moves to inject funds into the banking system, bought recently battered stocks, but falls in bank shares helped the broader ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... cent and 3.1 per cent respectively. Fear of sub-prime contagion has gripped global markets and prompted some major central bank interventions against a complete credit crunch. The US Federal Reserve added to its US$24 billion (28.43 billion) cash injection ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
The Australian market is expected to suffer further declines when it opens this morning, though not of last week's magnitude. At 0802 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down three points to 5,930 on a volume of ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... brokerage shares to their worst rout since 2002. Overnight, evaporating liquidity in money markets saw the European Central Bank, and the US Federal Reserve forced to inject cash into the banking system to buoy the drowning markets. The ECB injected ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The Australian market is set to plunge in trading today, following the dramatic falls on Wall St. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 157 points to 5,994 on a volume of 5,180 contracts. In economic news ...