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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer following a strong Wall Street rise. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 13 points at 5,456. Today, News Corp releases its first quarter results ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The ANZ job series released yesterday showed the number of major newspaper and internet job ads rose by 5.8 per cent in October to an average of more than 195,000 per week, 25.3 per cent higher a year ago. The earlier September increase of 0.3 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Pressure will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates tomorrow when it meets. Last weeks announcement that building approvals by municipal councils rose by 6.1 per cent in September to produce a year on year growth in total dwellings ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, despite a dip in US markets on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0727 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up seven points at 5,436. Today, the ANZ Job Advertisement series ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as a negative lead from Wall Street is softened by higher metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down seven points at 5,396. Today ...

ING Australia disappoints

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
ANZ's return on equity from its wealth management subsidiary, ING Australia, has not met the hurdle rate set for it, ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, said yesterday. McFarlane said none of the big banks were getting "a lot of value" from their wealth ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a flat lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0723 AEST, the December share price index contract was seven points lower at 5,332. Today, grocery ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The US economy has received good news about the abatement of inflation with the release of consumer and producer price data showing that the consumer index fell by 0.5 per cent in September and that producer prices fell by 1.3 per cent largely as a ...