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She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... previous month's reading of 50.8. There was the Commerce Department report that US construction spending rose by 0.8% in October - the third straight month of gains. These reports add to recent stats pointing the US farther away from a double-dip. Has ...

Melbourne director gets jail sentence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
A former Melbourne company director has been sentenced to a total of three years and two months behind bars on charges which include insolvent trading and theft. Anula Kumari Kaye, 59, of Toorak, former director of International Consulting Group (ICG) ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... of the zero line. And there were a-plenty - everywhere you go. In Asia, Japan's unemployment rate increased to 4.5% in October - more than expectations for a 4.2% print -- from 4.1% in September, confirming the slowing in the economy after the strong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following mixed movements on Wall Street but a higher close on European markets despite Italy being forced to pay record rates at a bond auction and intense pressure on eurozone finance ministers to avert ...

Gold Coast scam sees 20 investors lose $250,000

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
ASIC has obtained continued interim court orders against a Gold Coast unlicensed financial services firm in the wake of a scam that has so far seen investors lose around $250,000. The injunctions restrain Golden Sparrow Pty Ltd, GS Contracting Pty Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following negative movements on international bourses after a weak sale of German 'gold standard' bonds stoked concerns that no one can be safe from the deepening eurozone debt crisis. At 0816 AEDT ...

Hunter Hall names Lowenstein replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
Ethical investment manager, Hunter Hall, has named its senior portfolio manager James McDonald as its new deputy chief investment officer to replace newly-departed officer, Jack Lowenstein. A senior portfolio manager at Hunter Hall since 2003, McDonald ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher, despite the US market falling two per cent and while a strong survey of German business confidence did little to stop the major European bourses ending mostly lower. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower following negative movements on international bourses after a weak sale of German 'gold standard' bonds stoked concerns that no one can be safe from the deepening eurozone debt crisis. At 0816 AEDT on Thursday ...