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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... jobless rate had shot to 10.2 per cent of the labour force in October. Share prices generally fell following the US government report but rebounded later on positive corporate results. The London FTSE 100 index gained 17.08 points, or 0.33 per cent ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... ability to repay. Are we about to see the next stage of the change in economic order? China buys the debt that the US government bought from its financial institutions? It might also want to pick up UK Inc for trimmings. It is just as well that the Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... retreated 29.92 points, 2.81 per cent, to 1,036.19. The sell-off came after a broad-based rally on Thursday after the US government reported that gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a 3.5 per cent annual rate in the third quarter after a year of contraction. ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... lower risk assets. This could only be half true. The other half-truth is that investors remain willing to finance US government debt. But while the world makes up its mind on Uncle Sam's future, Canada - it seems - remains in dire straits. Canada's official ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme members will receive improved death and invalidity benefits following a government initiative to backdate benefits payments in line with recent changes to the compulsory retirement age for ADF members. Greg ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... index - has fallen to its September 2008 lows. It is therefore not surprising that demand for safe-haven assets like US government bonds and the US dollar are diminishing. (Although this is also caused by worries over the massive US dollar supply and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... cents. The price of crude oil climbed more than five per cent overnight, up $US3.90 to $US70.61 a barrel, after a US government report said the country's gasoline stockpiles dropped unexpectedly and demand increased from last year. Domestic oil stocks ...

GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... billion (US$ 6.88 billion) holdings of convertible preferred stock for Citigroup common stock, together with the US Government and other private investors. The conversion price was US$3.25 per share. This exchange resulted in GIC having a shareholding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Street ended slightly lower after the long market rally ran out of steam as investors reacted to mixed economic data. US government data showed new claims for unemployment benefits fell for the second consecutive week and home construction and building ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... and making 'a lot of money.' Last night's positive US data releases indicate that they will be making more. The US Government's 'cash for clunkers' program had always been expected to boost retail spending - but no one expected it to be this big. Retail ...