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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2006
... Apple released software that could expand the number of users of its Mac computers. A jump in US crude oil futures prices above $US67 a barrel whetted investors' appetite for the energy sector, propelling an index of oil companies' stocks up nearly two ...

Education drives choice: Plum

... around median. Their international returns however slightly exceed the averages while their property returns are considerably above average. Michelle Baltazar

Daily economic update

... an increase to 57.7. The latest result indicates that the US manufacturing sector continues to expand - the ISM remains above the 50 expansion/contraction line - but that the rate of growth in the sector is weakening. More important, the prices paid ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
... up 2.98 points at 1297.81. But the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.05 points at 2336.74. LONDON - British shares surged above the 6000-point mark, as miners such as BHP Billiton leapt higher on the first day of trading in the second quarter. The FTSE ...

Weekly economic round-up

... Committee. Similarly, the European Central Bank is expected to lift interest rates again next month as inflation remains above its target ceiling. Lastly, increasing signs that deflation is finally over in Japan is increasing speculation that the Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2006
... at 2340.82. LONDON - A fresh rash of bid talk around banks and a surge in mining stocks powered the FTSE 100 index back above the 6,000 level after big losses at the start of the week. The FTSE 100 closed at 6015.2, up 56 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

... share growth, productivity improvements and increasing dividends, in line with our previous practice. We expect to achieve above market EPS growth, reflecting our superior position in the market." The announcement of the new strategy came after last ...

ASX and SFE to merge

... other. Combined, they create the leading, integrated financial markets exchange in the Asia-Pacific region, able to punch above its weight in the global capital markets," said ASX's chairman Maurice Newman. Under the deal, SFE shareholders will get 0.51 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2006
... 1301.67. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.20 points at 2300.15. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended lower, failing to hold above they key psychological 6,000 resistance level as results from clothing retailer Next and grocery chain Morrison disappointed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2006
... Index was up 7.81 points at 1305.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 9.12 points at 2303.35. LONDON - UK stocks closed above 6,000 points for the first time since March 2001, with property shares surging after the government outlined new property investment ...