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Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Wells Fargo will fork out $4.5 billion to resolve the fake account scandal that has continued to rattle the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The $4.5 billion (US$3 billion) settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
"It's murder on the dance floor. You'd better not kill the groove..." - Sophie Ellis-Bextor. "Stock Market Loser Kills Brokerage Manager, Self in Shooting Rampage". This was Los Angeles Times' headline reporting about an investor going into Merrill ...

BT licensee head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
BT Financial Group confirmed its head of licensee development left the group. A BT spokesperson said Annick Donat exited the role in December 2016, with BT national manager - licensee and offer development Jessica Brady now acting in the position. Donat ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less than forecast for Black Friday, while China's official purchasing managers' index fell from 50.8 in October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... component, added 0.9 per cent to $80.76. Pfizer fell 0.3 per cent to $20.68. The pharmaceutical giant will voluntarily suspend US sales of a poultry-pumping additive after studies showed it can leave traces of arsenic in chicken livers, the US government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... stocks rose for a fourth straight day, led by a jump in Toyota Motor Corp, which posted a smaller-than-expected fall in US sales, but caution over Greece's debt woes capped overall gains. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index gained 31.3 points, or 0.3 ...

Investors question direct property valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Criticism that some funds and their managers use supposedly artificial unlisted property valuations to bolster portfolio returns illustrates how different groups of investors have fundamentally contrasting views about how to interact with the property ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Business software provider SAP has announced a joint venture with Computer Sciences Corporation to create a new pricing scenario program for CSC's bank clients. The new joint venture will combine SAP's Price Optimization software with CSC's Hogan Core ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... shows that while the base metals index increased by 59 per cent, non-rural commodity prices rose only 23 per cent. In the US sales of existing homes decreased by 0.5 per cent in August while the total of unsold houses increased to its highest level since ...

Daily economic update

US retail sales dropped by 1.3 per cent in February with ex autos falling by 0.4 per cent. Expectations were for a decline of 0.8 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. January sales figures were revised up to show a rise of 2.9 per cent from a gain ...