Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2371 - 2380 of 3230 results for "April 2004"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Australian shares have opened slightly higher as confidence grows in the local market following gains in resources stocks and on high expectations of an interest rate cut. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0830 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,394. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Reserve Bank holds it monthly board meeting and decides ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... more where that came from. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final index of consumer confidence rose to 76.4 in April - the highest in a year -- from 76.2 last month. Even better, the expectations component of the index jumped to 72.3 from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead at the end of last week which closed up despite conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies. At ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Former BT Financial Group executive Judy Clark has moved to Count Financial in the newly created role of senior executive member development. According to a memo circulated to members on Tuesday from chief executive David Lane, Clark's team aims to ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Hands up all those who thought that it would be smooth sailing for Europe this year (or even the next). Hands up all those who thought that the Eurozone would dodge a recession or that many of its members would be able to bring down their debts and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... eurozone's manufacturing and services sectors, the so-called composite purchase managers' index published by Markit, fell in April - to 47.4 points, compared with analysts' forecasts for a slight uptick to 49.3 from last month's 49.1. The Stoxx 50 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
SYDNEY, April 23 AAP - The Australian share market opened slightly lower, despite gains on Wall Street and positive leads from European markets. At 1014 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,362.9 ...

ASIC permanently bans CFD dealer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former contracts for difference (CFD) dealer following an investigation. ASIC's (Australian Securities & Investment Commission) investigation focused on the conduct of Simon Marcus Gundry, of Mornington, and his online ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... met with solid demand but yields on their new issuances rose. German business confidence grew by more than expected in April - the sixth straight month of gains - but presidential elections in France creates a new source of uncertainty for Europe. China's ...