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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall Street rose following strong gains in Asian and European equity markets. At 0808 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... market has tumbled more than one per cent amid concerns about a continued fall in commodities and a weak lead from Wall Street. Iron ore prices in China plunged to a fresh six-year low overnight, falling more than 10 per cent to $US44.59 a tonne. The ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... Elizabeth Warren, John McCain, Maria Cantwell and Angus King. A statement issued by the fiercely pro-consumer and Wall Street protagonist Senator Warren, said: [the legislation] "Would separate traditional banks that have savings and checking accounts ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street slumped on worries about China and Greece in a session that was overshadowed by a lengthy outage at the New York Stock Exchange due to technical problems. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... per cent, at 5,538.3. The broader All Ordinaries index lost 59.9 points, or 1.07 per cent, at 5,528.0. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed on Friday for a public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slipped with all eyes on Greece's weekend referendum ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell slightly following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following lifts on Wall Street but falls on European markets as investors await the next move in Greece's debt crisis. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 ...

Eslake consultancy up and running after leaving BoA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... reflect on his reasons for leaving BoAML. "I wanted to work for myself without the constraints of working for a big Wall Street investment bank," he said. He explained that this was his initial intention when he left his role of chief economist at ANZ ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... sharemarket on Monday in one of its worst sessions in years as part of a global selloff that continued overnight. Wall Street contracted sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 350 points, or almost two per cent, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... "The overall sense is that probably there will be some sort of resolution, even if Greece misses a payment or two." Wall Street fell almost one per cent as the fresh problems emerged in talks between Greece and its international creditors. The big banks ...