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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... day. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.6 points at 6597.6, while the All Ordinaries lost 14.3 points to 6661.1. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew that a plan by global central banks to thaw credit markets could work, sending ...

Lehman Brothers banks on natural resources

... is the latest senior hire following the appointments of Jim Ballentine as the new chief executive (who relocated from New York) and Glen Willis as vice chairman early this month. Since entering the Australian market with the acquisition of Grange Securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 65.2 points lower at 6615.2, and the All Ordinaries was down 62.7 points at 6675.4. NEW YORK - US stocks rode a roller-coaster session on Wednesday, rallying then declining before ending in positive territory, as the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 55.3 points at 6680.4, while the All Ordinaries added 52 points to 6738.1. NEW YORK - US stocks extended losses on Tuesday, and the S&P was down more than 2 per cent, after the Federal Reserve's rate cut ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market was higher at noon after New York rallied, led by bank and building stocks, as the latest cash infusions into battered financial firms, including Swiss bank UBS, eased credit concerns. The likely prospect of a Federal Reserve ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... follows Citigroup recently agreeing to sell a $7.5 billion stake to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, according to the New York Times. As a result of the Singapore deal, GOSIC will end up with a 9 per cent stake in UBS once the convertible notes switch ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed 29.6 points lower at 6625.1 and the All Ordinaries finished 27.9 points down at 6686.1. NEW YORK - US stock markets finished higher on Monday, with investors betting heavily that the Federal Reserve would cut interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... S&P/ASX200 index closed up 53.8 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 6654.7 and the All Ordinaries gained 53.5 points to 6714. NEW YORK - US stocks ended little changed on Friday as a sharp drop in oil prices and signs of resiliency in the labor market offset ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... can continue to make repayments. Estimates attributed to Barclays Capital and Moody's (and reported by Reuters and the New York Times) put the number of households likely to benefit at around 250,000, between one fifth and one third the number of households ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... S&P/ASX200 index closed up 92.8 points, or 1.43 per cent, to 6600.9 and the All Ordinaries gained 92.1 points to 6660.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied overnight, buoyed by hopes that a government plan to stem home foreclosures would help ease the housing ...