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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... Billiton was down 29 cents at $33.96, Rio Tinto was 44.5 cents weaker at $56.495 and Fortescue had lost six cents $4.02. Banks were also down, with NAB dropping 25 cents to $25.54, Westpac down 18 cents at $25.33, Commonwealth Bank off seven cents at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... the global financial crisis (GFC). NAB shares were down 25.5 cents, or 0.99 per cent, to $25.625. The other three major banks had a mixed opening. ANZ lost three cents to $25.35, Westpac gained 10 cents to $25.44 and Commonwealth Bank added 12 cents ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... that Australians' use of mobile banking technology has become one of the premier applications of mobile computing. But the banks aren't having it their own way as PayPal is becoming just as dominant, they noted. Despite the push to online and mobile ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... after commodity prices fell overnight. BHP was down eight cents at $33.75 and Rio Tinto had shed 48 cents to $56.44. The banks were mostly higher, with ANZ up nine cents at $25.32, Commonwealth up 15 cents to $56.94, Westpac up 1.5 cents at $25.265 ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The size of the dividends shareholders have become used to from Australia's big-four banks may face further pressure amid a weaker economy and further exposure to bad debt, according to Five Oceans Asset Management's Chris Selth. Strong yields have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... Rio Tinto added 70 cents to $57.15. Macquarie Bank was down 25 cents, or 0.81 per cent, to $30.60. However, the four major banks all opened slightly higher. ANZ was three cents up at $25.26, National Australia Bank was nine cents higher at $25.99, Westpac ...

Ugly jobs decline rattles financial services

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... contraction is more fundamental. Looking ahead, he said hiring is likely to stay much the same for the rest of this year, with banks only focused on replacement hiring. Despite of the significant declines experienced in most parts of the world, there ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... unsustainable position of the Chinese shadow banking sector. "There is fundamental weakness in the balance sheets of many Chinese banks," he said. "There's huge over-development and a threat of a bubble emerging and that could create a huge opportunity ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012