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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... gains would hold. A rise in shares of Yahoo Inc over renewed speculation it could cement a deal with one-time suitor Microsoft Corp helped push the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index up more than 5 per cent. The Dow rose 401.35, or 4.68 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... NEW YORK - US shares closed mixed Friday in volatile trading after Citigroup reported better-than-expected losses and Microsoft and Google issued dim outlooks that roiled tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 43.07 points, or 0.38 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Morgan Chase and United Technologies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 207.38 points or 1.85 per cent to 11,447. Microsoft, Google and IBM were all slapped as earnings and company outlooks failed to impress onlookers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... ended the session lower, hurt by a drop in the shares of Yahoo as it battles with shareholders after takeover talks with Microsoft fell apart. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 3.50 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 11,350.01. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... stocks after financier Carl Icahn started a proxy battle to get control of Yahoo and force it to strike a deal with Microsoft Corp. Retailers' shares benefitted after JC Penney Co Inc said its earnings in the current quarter could top analysts' forecasts. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... that Carl Icahn is considering launching a proxy fight for the internet company after takeover talks between Yahoo and Microsoft Corp were abandoned. But Hewlett-Packard shares dragged on the Dow and S&P 500 as it struck a deal to buy Electronic Data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... housing markets buoyed financial shares, while record crude oil prices lifted shares of energy companies. Speculation that Microsoft Corp could resume takeover talks with Yahoo Inc fed a rebound in technology shares. Yahoo gained 5.5 per cent, while ...

CFP and Fin Wisdom upload Provisio

... also cuts the cumbersome paperwork and reduces the chances of data error by creating a Statement of Advice insert using Microsoft Word. "As a financial planner, I know one of the difficulties has always been transferring strategy information to the Statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... disappointment with aspects of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc's capital-raising plan. The Nasdaq rose slightly, helped by Microsoft Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 9.61 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 12,204.19. The Standard & Poor's ...

Money changes hands

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... East, is no idle or isolated perception. Witness the courageousness of the Europeans in imposing a $1.4 billion fine on Microsoft this week. But the currency power base seachange may be symptomatic of something much more deep seated, said the Gartner ...