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Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... quarter of last year. While we've all been given the excuse of the severe winter weather, the strong US dollar, the West Coast shipping strike and "erroneous seasonal adjustment" for another one of those weak first quarter in America... certainly, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... earnings, fell 2.5 per cent after announcing first-quarter results that missed market expectations. The company blamed the West Coast port slowdown and severe winter weather early in the quarter for sales that came in lower than it had forecast. Other ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... negative in the second estimate. While the blow out in the trade deficit may be "transitory" - the port strike on the West Coast (a major contributing factor) had been settled in mid-March - the continuing strength in the US dollar would continue to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... below the 1.0 per cent projected by analysts due in part to extremely harsh winter weather in some regions and the West Coast port strike. The US Federal Reserve said the slower growth was due "in part" to transitory factors and that the economy should ...

US Hedge Fund Association opens in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... individuals and service providers. In the US, the HFA has chapters in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and on the West Coast and has expanded internationally with chapters in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Cayman Islands. The HFA offers discounted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Commission preliminary hearing opened in Greymouth on Tuesday. NZOG has a 29 per cent shareholding in Pike River, the West Coast coal mine where an explosion last November killed 29 men. The market did not react to the release of the New Zealand Institute ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... or 3.9 per cent, to $52.80 as it looks set to reap some of the benefits from a new oil field discovery off Africa's west coast. Oil Search added 10 cents to $6.50 and Santos gained six cents to $15.60. Telstra shares were up four cents to $3.28 as Fitch ...

Nicholas-Applegate closes Australian offices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... Kathy Rich, the group's managing director, will be maintaining client relationships in Australia. She heads the US West Coast client service team and has been with Nicholas-Applegate for ten years. John Hamer, who was senior vice president in client ...

Bankwest cuts 400 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... planning arm was launched in December 2007 and by May last year Reid said the bank had 17 financial planners based on the west coast and 10 on the east coast. He said the bank was on schedule to have a financial planner in every branch in May. Commonwealth ...

BankWest's recruitment drive on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Reid, BankWest head of retail. Reid said BankWest's financial planning division included 17 financial planners on the "west coast" and 10 on the "east coast" across 14 stores nationwide. He said the bank recruited former Westpac employee, Lisa Livis ...