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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... retreated 29 cents to $32.94, and ANZ ditched 19 cents at $32.26. US markets were closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving public holiday.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... up 1.1 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 5,381.4 points. NEW YORK - The US markets were closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. LONDON - Borrowing costs for the German and French governments have fallen to record lows on the prospect of quantitative easing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... were upward revisions for September data in some cases. US markets are closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed flat after the European Central Bank signalled it could begin purchasing government ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... mixed after a Chinese rate cut had fuelled a rally in the previous session, while Tokyo played catch-up following a long holiday weekend. Tokyo rose 0.29 per cent, adding 50.11 points to finish at 17,407.62, while Seoul was slightly higher, gaining 1.67 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... - The Dow and S&P 500 have inched to new records ahead of a deluge of US economic data in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday. At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 17,817.06, up 7.00 points (0.04 per cent), its third ...

Embrace rising retirement age, says futurist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The rising retirement age is nothing to fear because in a service economy we are not going to die of over-physical work, according to IBISWorld chairman and 'futurist' Phil Ruthven AM. Ruthven told delegates at the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... cent, at 5,494 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have set fresh records for the fifth straight session, but just barely, amid holiday-dampened trade. At the closing bell on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a scant 1.87 point (0.01 per cent) ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... European equity markets edged higher as firm Chinese and European economic data improved market sentiment. With Tuesday a holiday in much of Europe and the United States, there is little in the way of economic data releases scheduled for the beginning ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... October manufacturing rose to 59.0, with companies saying activity is picking up more than expected going into the year-end holiday shopping season. But the Commerce Department reported that US construction spending fell a second straight month in September ...

Family trusts overlooked amid SMSF boom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... are low income earners in the family; no age limits to access funds; the ability to hold personal use assets, such as a holiday home; the ability to run a business through the trust; and estate planning flexibility. "In fact, family trusts have far fewer ...