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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open lower, after there were falls in commodity prices overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,576. Benchmark crude oil on Tuesday night fell ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... June, following growth of 0.7 per cent in the preceding three months. The euro edged up to $1.3374 from $1.3363 late on Wednesday in New York HONG KONG - Asian markets have closed mixed as traders digested a slew of soft data including a weaker-than-expected ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... speaking about partnering with Asia at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower after a mixed day of earnings reports, highlighted by a negative reaction to Commonwealth Bank's record profit. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... record profit from Australia's biggest bank. The Commonwealth Bank announced a $8.68 billion full year cash profit on Wednesday, up 12 per cent on the year before. But, the profit wasn't enough to lift investor sentiment after disappointing German economic ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing German economic data and ahead of Wednesday's report on US retail sales. At 0804 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up four points ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... dropped 1.0 per cent to 9,038.97 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 tumbled 1.36 per cent at 4,149.83 points, compared with Wednesday's close. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.58 per cent to 6,597.37 points after the Bank of England also chose ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... program. The appointment follows a series of announcements made ahead of the company results, which will be released this Wednesday. Promontory Financial Group will review the processes of CBA's compensation program to victims of poor financial advice ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... big favour by simplifying its products enormously," he told delegates at the Financial Services Council conference on Wednesday. "I pick up a life insurance policy document and try to understand it - and I've been around for a few decades - and I have ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Mining chief executive Gary Goldberg is slated to speak at a Melbourne Mining Club lunch. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell for a fourth straight session as investors weighed up a possible escalation of conflict in Ukraine and potential interest ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Street which fell amid anxiety about a correction and worries that the conflict in Ukraine could worsen. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,443. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday ...