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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... shares led the way, while mining companies lost ground on fears of lower demand from China. Bank shares also fell after President Barack Obama's pledge last week to crack down on the US banking sector. London's FTSE 100 index rose 16.54 points, or 0.31 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... than one per cent at noon with falls across the major banks and resources sector, following concern about plans by US President Obama to reform the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.4 points, or 1.17 per cent, at ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... Republican's coup in Massachusetts - considered a very safe Democrat stronghold - might have become too loud for US President Obama not to hear. US taxpayers are angry. Furious that their taxes went into propping up banks and financial institutions who ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... slipped $2.00, or 3.8 per cent, to $51.30. In the US, financial shares pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. Rising unemployment claims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... points, or 0.93 per cent, to 4,849.6 points. NEW YORK - Financial shares pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Zurich hires former AIG exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... 15 years across a number of senior roles in Europe and the Middle East. Prior to taking this role, he was senior vice president - regional manager of financial lines for AIG UK in London. This comes after Andrew Barrowman announced he would like to return ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... 15-month high on speculation that Republican Scott Brown would win Massachussetts, giving the GOP the numbers to defeat President Obama's proposed bill overhauling the US healthcare system - reportedly unpopular among Americans. Mr. Brown eventually ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... million in initial investments from Macquarie, FONADIN, a Mexican agency for infrastructure development established by President Felipe Calderon, along with seven Mexican pension funds. This is Macquarie's first managed fund in Latin America, and is ...

Computershare boosts data protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... copying of sensitive information using a number of resources such as a USB memory stick or CD. Craig Scroggie, vice president and managing director of the Pacific Region, Symantec, said losing or leaking sensitive information could damage the reputation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... on hopes that a special election in Massachusetts will take away power from Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care. The vote on Tuesday to fill the seat of late Sen Ted Kennedy could shift power ...