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Finance firm to launch India's first Islamic mutual fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Indian finance firm Parsoli Corp will launch the country\'s first Islamic mutual fund, conforming with Sharia law, which prohibits earnings from interest. Ahmedabad-headquartered Parsoli Corporation will put its global mutual fund units on sale in the ...

Murdoch optimistic about Australian economy

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Rupert Murdoch said today he was optimistic about the Australian, US and world economies, but warned Saudi Arabia and China posed risks. "I'm optimistic about the Australian economy," Murdoch told reporters at the Milken Institute Global Conference ...

New name, head for Mellon's Australian businesses

The Mellon Financial Corporation has announced its Australian businesses will be brought together under the name of Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions, in line with similar changes elsewhere throughout the global group. The new Australian brand ...

Changes in weighting to Trade Weighted Index

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revised the weights for currencies included in the trade weighted index (TWI) of the Australian dollar. This reflects changes in the composition of Australia's merchandise trade in 2002/03. The new weights take effect ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks end lower on recovery fears

US stocks fell for a second consecutive day, following the airing on Arabic television of new footage of Osama bin Laden. Investors also continue to question the likely strength of the earnings recovery, after news on Friday payrolls fell 92,000 in ...

ASIC blacklists Florida-based company named Aragon, warns investors

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today warned Australians against investing funds through an organization called Aragon Currency Management because it does not have an Australian licence to offer investments, financial ...

Morning market wrap: Terror alert unnerves Wall St

The Dow Jones index recorded its third consecutive day of losses-albeit fractional-as the US government raised its terror alert to 'orange' following recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. The warning came as Steve Kaseta, vice president of Boston-based ...

Morning market wrap: US shares continue to fall

The Dow Jones index suffered a second consecutive day of modest losses as softer consumer sentiment for the month of April followed on from renewed fears of the global terrorist threat-sparked by the suicide attack in Saudi Arabia. Domestically, AMP ...

Morning market wrap: US shares run out of steam

US shares retreated in the wake of a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, indicating that investors were still sensitive to headlines unrelated to US financial or economic performance. Domestically, last night's Federal Budget and the surprise release ...

Morning market wrap: Markets settle ahead of war

Shares in the US and the UK continued to push on, but the gains were much more modest in comparison to the exuberant gains recorded at the end of last week and on Monday. The Dow Jones index rose by 52.87 points and the FTSE-100 as the moves to the ...