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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... 1,570.25. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 15.69 (0.48 per cent) at 3,254.86. Tuesday's gains followed a US Department of Commerce report that showed new orders for manufactured goods rose three per cent in February, topping expectations of ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud in relation to the rating of mortgage-backed securities in the years leading up to the ...

New chair at Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... held senior positions in the Commonwealth Public Service, including secretary to the Treasury, secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security, deputy secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Chairman of the Industry ...

Ken Henry to join ASX board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... on his appointment at the company's annual general meeting later this year. Henry served as the secretary of the Department of the Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He is also a director of National Australia Bank and chairman of the Institute of Public Policy ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... almost halved to 4.6%, noted Toll in the Reuters share price analysis. Confirming the sentiment shift, analysis of US Department of Commerce housing figures by the Economist magazine show that while new housing starts year on year spiked in October to ...

Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... American fund manager and another Australian superannuation fund. He has also been an economist with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Judd will oversee the implementation of the fund's investment strategies at Energy Super. Previously Russell-Clarke ...

Market wrap late PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... Wall Street, which in turn helped the Australian equities market open stronger. The positive result from the US Department of Commerce helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average climb 95.38 points, or 0.72 per cent, to finish at 13,424.23. Meanwhile, the ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... deteriorating Japan and a weakening South Korea are blowing ill winds into Australia. No surprises here. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data (though dated) showed that these countries are our country's top two-way trading partners. ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed to a joint submission to the Commission made by Treasury and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) last week, which moves to rule out the provision that would allow employers ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of Transport where his experience extends across systems analysis and design, application development, database administration ...