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Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the financial markets last night. There were no significant changes to the landscape - but one could sense the smile on investors' faces if one cared to look. It's risk on one more time Virginia. Wall Street's up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... disasters, most notably Japan's monster earthquake and tsunami. Also in Frankfurt, luxury car maker BMW announced a four-fold increase in net profits for the first quarter and increased its sales forecast for the year. Nevertheless its shares slid 1.61 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... though inflation is showing signs of creeping up. Explosives and chemicals manufacturer Orica Ltd has reported an almost five-fold increase in first half net profit and says it expects full year profit above last fiscal year's performance. Shares in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Australian Power and Gas Company was five cents richer at 51 cents after it said underlying profit will rise almost four-fold in 2011/12 as a result of expansion into NSW and Queensland. National turnover at 1207 AEST was 1.5 billion shares worth $2.17 ...

Investors in line for Fincorp payout

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
More than 5000 investors look set to be compensated for their losses from Fincorp Investments, after the Federal Court of Australia authorised the release of details of the compensation scheme. A proposed multi-million dollar settlement that will include ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... companies reporting, iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group jumped seven cents, or 1.02 per cent, to $6.94 after booking a seven-fold increase in first half profit. Wealth Manager AMP was one of the best performers in the ASX 50, trading 13 cents higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Energy Corp and J.M. Smucker Co all rose after reporting stronger earnings results. Barrick's quarterly profit jumped four-fold, helped by higher production and lower costs. The world's largest gold miner's stock gained 1.9 per cent. Duke Energy's net ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
What's this? More good news out of America and yet Wall Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading ...

Welsh retires as VicSuper CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... tenure, VicSuper opened to the public in July 2000 - and membership of the fund has doubled and net assets increased ten fold over the past decade. Welsh is also the pioneer of VicSuper's strong position on sustainability and commitment to building a ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... wealthiest country in Europe. Meanwhile, Indonesia's average wealth per adult grew the fastest in the region, rising five-fold to US$1.8 trillion in a decade. Not to be outdone, Australian investors are ranked third richest when it comes to the average ...