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Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... 11, 2001 -- as Hurricane Sandy batters the northeast coast of the United States. They will remain closed for a second day today. Thank goodness the warnings came early and I haven't read reports of any human casualties. But as with any calamity, it's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Australian shares have opened lower after a downgrade of nine of the European bloc countries' credit ratings sparked a fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... George chief economist Besa Deda said the local unit was drifting lower on Wednesday. "It remains a pretty quiet trading day today," Ms Deda said. "There's a bit of profit taking accruing, after getting to 101.28 US cents overnight, which is getting ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday." - Diana Ross Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The government and large miners have negotiated a breakthrough compromise deal on the mining tax that not only keeps the broad structure of the tax in place but saves most of its benefits, especially the SG uplift. Driving the negotiations were Deputy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Richard Morrow said the market was bouncing back after losses earlier in the week. "It is a bit of a relief rally type of day today," Mr Morrow said. "The major influences on the market are the commodities, which were all a bit firmer overnight. "A lot ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... index wiped out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half-point interest rate cut. "It's been a really positive day today, which is really great to see," Mr Heffernan said. "Very strong commodity prices overnight have really set a fire under ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
The Australian share market had lost nearly two per cent by midday today after a broker downgraded a major US institution related to suB-prime mortgage writedowns and lower base metal prices hit resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...