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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... 1,114.61. The Nasdaq composite index gained 0.05 point to 2,305. LONDON - European stock exchanges advanced, overcoming Spanish deficit worries late in the day on news of a better-than-expected rise in US industrial output. The gains in Europe followed ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... credit rating largely because government measures to reduce indebtedness "will materially reduce the rate of growth of the Spanish economy" over the medium term. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 122.36 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 10,136.63. The ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... closets. "I've got chills, they're multiplying..." (Grease). Europe and the euro. Fat finger. German ban on naked shorts. Spanish bank bailout. Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Tighter US financial regulation. And coming to a theatre near you...renewed tension ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... traded. IG Markets analyst Chris Weston said markets were still suffering from Monday's Wall Street slump prompted by Spanish central bank's weekend rescue of regional savings bank CajaSur. "There is a realisation that the European market has a long ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
How do you say ouch in Spanish? They say money can buy happiness... but only if you have more than your neighbours. Or twisted to reflect the current environment of fiscal restraint -- Aussies still whinging at the absence of big give-away door prizes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... responding as negatively to offshore bank bailouts. On Sunday, Spain's government and the Bank of Spain began to rescue major Spanish lender Caja Castilla La Mancha, the first Spanish bank to seek help since 1993. Commonwealth Bank of Australia firmed ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... to make it a safe, legitimate process so everyone feels that it's a fair and reasonable thing to do rather than conduct Spanish inquisitions," said Bloch. "When a member feels their professional reputation is being tarnished by another, that should be ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... fell by another 1.7 per cent in September, after a similar 1.7 per cent drop in August. Elsewhere in Europe, reports show Spanish unemployment rising and consumer confidence slipping. And in Italy, the fiscal deficit has risen to 2.6 per cent of GDP ...

Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... sold, as their parent banks review their capital base. Contrary to events unfolding overseas, where companies such as Spanish bank Santander, German bank Commerzbank and Belgian bank Fortis have either sold or in the process of selling their asset management ...