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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Origin chief executive Grant King will provide a company update and discuss the energy sector at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Thursday posted strong gains for a third straight day as investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... 0.58 per cent, or 15.98 points, to 2,779.53, but Hong Kong fell 0.95 per cent, or 225.68 points, to 23,428.62. The US Commerce Department on Tuesday said construction spending rose 1.1 per cent in September, almost twice as much as expected, while industry ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... address to the National Press Club while Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson attends an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch to discuss the case for tax reform. In equities news, TPG has its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on ...

Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... prepared to use their mobiles as payment device," Johnston continued. "However as a nation we are strong users of online commerce, so if you put our willingness to transact and do commerce online, together with our smartphones - our device of choice ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... consumer confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,356. Commerce Department figures showed that US gross domestic product rose at a 3.9 per cent annualised rate, up from an initial estimate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... conference, and Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Helen Conway is to speak at an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch, all in Sydney. The CEDA workplace flexibility event in Adelaide features PwC managing partner Gavin Moss and AllianceBernstein ...

Profile: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand chief executive Lee White

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Northern Beaches and still lives in this idyllic setting. He attended Balgowlah Boys High School and his passion for commerce led him to pursue economics and accounting at Macquarie University in Sydney. After graduation, White went straight into employment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... 4,623.64. New orders for US manufactured goods dropped $US2.8 billion, or 0.6 per cent, to $US499.4 billion in September, the Commerce Department reported. The US trade deficit widened in September to $US43.0 billion as exports slowed and imports remained ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... 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, for a 0.4 per cent annual decline ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... annual general meetings scheduled. Suncorp chief executive Patrick Snowball is slated to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Tuesday improved from a poor start but still closed marginally ...