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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... looks set to open higher despite a mixed performance on Wall Street following a jump in US pending home sales and General Motors' announcement of another massive car recall. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... expectations and a report showing US factory orders rose 0.7 per cent in April, slightly above the 0.5 per cent forecast. General Motors rose 1.2 per cent after May car sales jumped 13 per cent, while Ford Motor gained 0.7 per cent on a three per cent ...

Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... shade more than 4 million shares from its previous 405,000 shares. Buffett's company sold some of its shares in General Motors. The car maker is dealing with recalls of several models, but Berkshire still held 30 million shares in March, down from 40 ...

Capital adds portfolio manager to ETOP strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... de Oliveira, Laurentius Harrer and Shaw Wagener. Holstein was previously managing director of global equities at General Motors Asset Management in New York. ETOP aims to provide equity-like returns with lower volatility by investing in a broad range ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... which is a proxy for how many workers are being laid off, is now near where it was before the Great Recession. General Motors rose after the US government said it expects to sell its remaining stake in the company by the end of the year. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... September. Analysts expected the index to decline to 55.0. The three largest US car manufacturers, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, posted double-digit percentage gains. Locally,, in economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... manufactured goods rose three per cent in February, topping expectations of a 2.6 per cent increase. Also on Tuesday, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler reported their best US monthly sales performances since 2007. GM cited "a strengthening economy and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... crisis but as oil prices fell, concerns that soaring energy prices could undercut growth, eased. Speculation that General Motors was to take a stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen stirred interest. News that US durable goods orders slumped 4.0 per cent in January ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
General Motors has bowed to the inevitable and announced it will shut its defined benefit pension fund and move salaried employees into the company's accumulation 401(k) scheme, citing balance sheet risk. The car manufacturing world heavy weight got ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... stock market up 2 per cent this quarter. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.4 per cent last week alone. General Motors rose 2.5 per cent after its US car and truck sales jumped 26 per cent in April. Higher gas prices motivated consumers to buy ...