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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... stock markets got a boost from expectations of further European Central Bank stimulus and better investor confidence in Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production report and in economic news, the Westpac/Melbourne ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... 2,071.92, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 5.04 (0.11 per cent) to 4,769.44. Markets in Britain, France and Germany all fell sharply after the ECB held its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.05 per cent. ECB chief Mario Draghi said ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly higher following better-than-expected US economic growth data and news that Germany had narrowly averted recession. Tokyo dipped 0.14 per cent, or 24.04 points, to 17,383.58 but Sydney rallied 1.15 per cent ...

Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Australians 'can't live without.' Mobile banking, which Australians are taking up faster than their peers in the US, UK and Germany, is an example of such a development. Johnston said we can now legitimately ask whether the smartphone going to replace ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... London dipped as a profit warning by Petrofac sent the energy services group's shares plunging by a quarter. The rise in Germany's Ifo business climate index exceeded expectations and offered an encouraging sign that Europe's biggest economy - and, therefore ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling month after month after month since December last year. The Euro Stoxx 50 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... per cent, at 5,383.1 points. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed at fresh records following solid economic data from Germany and the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40.07 points (0.23 per cent) at 17,687.82, besting a record set last week ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... per cent, at 5,383.1 points. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed at fresh records following solid economic data from Germany and the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40.07 points (0.23 per cent) at 17,687.82, besting a record set last week ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... to buy rival Baker Hughes lit up oil service sector shares. LONDON - Sluggish economic growth in eurozone heavyweights Germany and France has weighed on the European single currency and the region's stock markets. Nevertheless equities ended in positive ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... of trust in insurers at just 53% compared to a global average of 70%. The Australian results are on par with the UK and Germany, with only South Korea ranking lower on trust (at 47%). Contrasting other industries, 78% of respondents trust their supermarket ...