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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market may open slightly lower and trading may be subdued as traders have little direction following public holidays in the US and China. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was four ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed to negative leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower and metals and energy prices mixed. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 14 points ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The US House of Representatives has given government regulators more power to clamp down on "too big to fail" firms that threaten economic instability. Voters have given the green light to a bill to rein in firms seen as "too big to fail", according ...

Hartsuyker named new shadow minister for super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Luke Hartsuyker MP is the new Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Hartsuyker's new role is part of the opposition leader Tony Abbott's shadow ministry reshuffle announced yesterday. "Luke replaces ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
The Australian share market again has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street indices down, precious metals lower, but copper and oil both were higher. At 0722 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Waiting...waiting. Americans and Australians are both in a holding pattern waiting for the passage of their respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open in the red following heavy falls on Wall Street. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 96 points lower at 3,420. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon, as nervous local investors await the outcome of tonight's US House of Representatives vote on a new version of the $US700 billion ($A888 billion) bailout of the financial markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Following last Monday's preview of a financial market pandemonium, there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the US Senate will pass the Treasury's US$700 billion rescue package. The Senate voted 74 to 25 in favour of the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...