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Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following gains in commodity prices overnight. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,641. In overnight trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... and incomprehensible Greek stance," Tsipras wrote in a column published by French newspaper Le Monde. Later on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker were to discuss ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
'Twas a winter of discontent for our Northern Hemisphere brethrens and us, Australians all, could experience a similar winter of our own. It barely made the headlines when the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its provisional ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Australian market is set for a fairly flat open, after US and European markets lost ground on worries about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,732. ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... further in substance in the negotiations between the three institutions and the Greek government," Mr. Schaeuble said on German public broadcaster ARD. "That's why I am always a bit surprised that people in Athens always say we are close to reach an ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... discuss the global economy and financial regulation, with Athens on the agenda amid stubborn fears of a Greek eurozone exit. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited his counterparts and their central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The University of Oxford has announced it will cease any future investments in coal and tar sands. Although the university said it will not divest from all fossil fuels, it's the latest in a group of academic institutions - including New Zealand's Victoria ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Australian property groups who recently made hospitality acquisitions may feel their choices are vindicated by a new report suggesting alcohol consumption has "rebounded" in the country. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following a flat lead from Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,682. Locally on Thursday, Westfield Corporation holds its annual ...