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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... points, or 1.78 per cent, to 5,342.4, while the broader All Ordinaries slid 94.3 points, or 1.71 per cent, to 5,410.9. NEW YORK - US stocks edged lower overnight after an unexpected quarterly loss from US bank Wachovia Corp dragged down the financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... S&P/ASX200 index fell 7.1 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 5,439.3, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 10.3 points to 5,505.2. NEW YORK - US stocks slumped on Friday after surprisingly weak earnings from General Electric Co and data showing consumer sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... or 1.34 per cent, lower at 5,446.4, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped 68 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 5,515.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Thursday after a brokerage upgrade of chip makers lifted technology stocks and on optimism that poor March ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... included in schools. Meanwhile it's an issue just as big in the developed West as April is Financial Literacy Month. New York city even has an Office for Financial Empowerment. In Australia, the Financial Literacy Foundation has just announced that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... index finished 51.3 points lower at 5520.2, while the All Ordinaries fell by 50.9 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5583.5. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after bellwether stock United Parcel Service slashed its earnings forecast and oil prices hit a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... points, or 0.95 per cent, to 5571.5, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 49.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 5634.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Tuesday, as news that Washington Mutual Inc expects a large quarterly loss raised the spectre of poor results ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... of the credit crunch and emerging evidence of economic weakness," said Richard B Hoey, chief economist for the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. "The Fed has recently shown creativity in developing new approaches to break the liquidity logjam. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... indifferent lead from Wall Street, although base metal prices in London generally were higher, as were oil and gold in New York. At 0750 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was three points lower at 5688. In the ...

ASF appoints exec director

... Medcraft was the managing director and global head of securitisation at French banking giant SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale in New York. He was also chairman of the American Securitization Forum for the past three years. ASF Chairman Phil Vernon said Medcraft's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... higher, or 0.19 per cent up, at 5619.6, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 17.9 points or 0.32 per cent to 5663.7. NEW YORK - US stocks were little changed on Friday as nagging fears about more bank losses and the biggest monthly decline in the ...