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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... workers and has been contracting for several months. The Australian dollar got a boost after official data showed the country's unemployment rate decreased to 5.2 per cent in September from 5.3 per cent in August. The Aussie dollar surged to 102.30 US ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... the opening of a new data centre facilities in Australia. Leading Fidessa's Australian business is Andrew Metcalfe as country manager with James Hardcastle leading sales activities.

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... consumer countries through developed western nations. The ADB China downgrade parallels Citi's forecaster's analysis. But one country in the Asian region that has confounded expectations with the ADB actually expecting a GDP pick-up is Indonesia, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... season trumped worries about Europe and weak economic growth. With just barely enough positive data to convince that the country will skirt -- for now -- a new recession, and just enough news on the European political front to convince that the eurozone ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... and speculators to bet their money on. Real? Solid? That's if you believe China's latest trade stats. According to the country's customs bureau, the trade surplus narrowed to US$14.5 billion in September - the third month in a row and less than half ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... despite the airline announcing it expected at least 7,000 of its passengers to be affected by strikes at airports across the country on Thursday. Qantas baggage handlers and ground crew are holding rolling strikes throughout the day, forcing the airline ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... after the US equities markets closed, Slovakia's lawmakers rejected the revamp of the EFSF in a vote that also toppled the country's centre-right government. Wall Street investors also awaited the minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... banks by the end of the month," said Sameer Samana at Wells Fargo Advisors. Trade was thinner than usual with much of the country, including federal and local governments, as well as the bond market, on holiday for Columbus Day. All 30 Dow blue chips ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... defaults as a result. Pessimism over Greece has grown as European leaders are at odds over the best way to boost the ailing country and protect other economies and bond holders if it does eventually default. WELLINGTON - Wellington ended 0.2 per cent ...