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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after strong leads from Wall Street. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Three cheers for the US economy! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip... Last night it became official - the US economy was reborn, growing by a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised in the third quarter. Note that I didn't say out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher as Wall Street had its best day in three months on better-than-expected United States economic growth figures. US gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue its recent run of losses on Thursday as Wall Street fell sharply on weaker economic data and a lower forecast for upcoming growth figures. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... expected to grow to 1.2 billion. From 2002 and 2007, women's income rose by almost $3 trillion to $9.8 trillion globally. This figure is expected to jump by $5 trillion to $15.6 trillion by 2014. Women are increasingly seeking tertiary education, which ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The $64 billion Future Fund returned 5.6 per cent (ex-Telstra) in the latest quarter, marginally more than what was delivered by asset sector benchmarks. A June quarter versus September quarter analysis of the numbers shed some light on how the fund's ...

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than all the stockmarkets in the world combined. The figure is from the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFCA), which this month released a study telling investors that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street securities and copper closing down on Friday, while precious metals up and oil were higher. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index ...