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Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Tuesday after US stocks rallied on better-than-estimated corporate earnings. Higher base and precious metals prices and the lift in the oil price could also help buoy the local resource stocks. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street's main index breached the 10,000 point mark on better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly lower after Wall Street stocks dropped after mixed corporate earnings reports. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 13 points lower at 4,780. ...

VTP appoints two more directors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Listed investment company van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) has appointed Stuart Nisbett, a former top executive at ANZ and Rothschild, and John Vatovec, previously a fund manager at Lowy Family Group, as board members. The appointments come less than two ...

Ord Minnett appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ord Minnett has appointed Richard Wolff as head of emerging company institutional equities sales. Wolff will focus on servicing Ord Minnett's institutional clients in the emerging company sector, including its trading and execution capabilities, company ...

Canada plan in talks to buy Livingston

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has entered a consortium with private equity firm Sterling Partners to buy Livingston International Income Fund. According to Livingston's website, the firm - through its operating subsidiaries - is Canada's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher following gains on Wall Street on Friday, but lower base metal prices may weigh on resources stocks. At 0723 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 34 points ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... heading in the right direction. Last night's data showing that initial claims for jobless benefits for the week ended 3 October - a 10-month low - confirms this. Even better, the four-week moving average of new claims dropped to 539,750 - the lowest ...