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The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... better in reaction to a bad day on Asian markets. The ASX 200 was down 3.7 per cent, and the FTSE, The German DAX and the French CAC were down 3.2 per cent, 1.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively. Fear of sub-prime contagion has gripped global markets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... on a volume of 17,370 contracts. US stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P down nearly three per cent, after a French bank froze three funds that had invested in US sub-prime mortgages. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 387.18 points to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... 63.0 points to 6187.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P down nearly three per cent, after a French bank froze three funds that invested in US subprime mortgages, prompting central banks to take steps to calm investors. Evidence ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... reinforces why interest rates should not increase. European economists are busy speculating on the economic impact of the French election and the victory of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former interior minister who set Paris on fire with comments about hosing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... closed for the May day holiday. On Monday, the DAX index ended at 7,408.87 points, up 30.75 or 0.42 per cent. PARIS - The French stock market was closed for the May day holiday. On Monday the CAC-40 index closed at 5,960.04 points, up 29.27 or 0.49 per ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

French banking giant heads Down Under

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... Borysiewicz said CAAM's primary focus would be on the institutional market with the growing pool of super attracting the French heavyweight to Australian shores. "Our primary focus will be the institutional market, aiming at delivering high quality sales ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... an increase of $1.4 billion for the year to September 2006. Spending by US tourists grew by 27 per cent to $1.2 billion, French tourism grew 49 per cent to $184 million and that by tourists from the UK grew by $125 million. However, the number of tourists ...

Courts continue to unwind Westpoint mess

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... accountants and business reconstruction specialists PBB in Melbourne as liquidators. On Wednesday Federal Court Judge Justice French ordered the winding up of another 13 companies, including Eastlands, Goldtag, Westpoint Money Management, Asset Build ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... courses can use vouchers to help pay for business skills courses. Meanwhile it is being widely reported in Europe that a French parliamentary committee has just recommended that wine appreciation programmes be introduced in French schools to help arrest ...