Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2591 - 2600 of 3117 results for "November 2003"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... the more punches it receives. Bloomberg reported last night that Chinese exports fell by 2.2 per cent in the year to November - the first time in seven years. This is bad for China. At the same time, imports plummeted by 17.9 per cent from a year ago ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... afford half a can of soup. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm payrolls plummeted by 533,000 in November - the biggest one-month fall in 34 years. This brings the total number of Americans thrown into the unemployment scrapheap close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on Friday. Resource stocks may decline after the price of commodities, including gold, oil and copper, fell late on Friday. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
And the race is on -- the race to zero interest rates. The way major central banks are going, benchmark target rates could hit the big fat 0 before Easter 2009. Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's 100 basis point interest rate reduction early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell overnight. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was down 36 points at 3,505. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

PASL names trustee director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Trustee company PASL has appointed former Accountants Super national sales manager, Ian Chisholm as trustee director for a six year term. PASL is the trustee firm which manages PASF super funds; Australian Enterprise Super, RecruitmentSuper and Accountants ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rebounded overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 28 points at 3,600. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Today we welcome the last of the 'ber' months - December. Chances are this month will go the way of the other three 'bers' that preceded it as fresh data proceeds to tell the story of global economic weakness and financial market uncertainty. While ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on Monday after a rally on Wall Street. At 0723 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 15 points at 3,746. In economic news, amongst data released ...