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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 15.69 (0.48 per cent) at 3,254.86. Tuesday's gains followed a US Department of Commerce report that showed new orders for manufactured goods rose three per cent in February, topping expectations of a 2.6 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... imports for February. In equities news, Webjet managing director John Guscic is scheduled to address American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney, and in Perth, Roy Hill chief executive Barry Fitzgerald, Atlas Iron managing director Ken ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... spent at the fastest pace in five months in February, boosting retail spending 1.1 per cent compared with January, the Commerce Department reported. Economists had forecast a rise of just 0.2 per cent, according to data provider FactSet. The solid increase ...

Simon McKeon to join AMP board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... Australian of the Year and was made an officer of the Order of Australia 2012 for distinguished service to business and commerce through leadership and advisory roles, and to the community as a supporter of national and international charitable, educational ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... news is expected but Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour is scheduled to speak at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed at new four-and-a-half-year highs as local investors joined the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's biggest economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in the October-December ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... 1,501.89, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite fell 10.94 points (0.35 per cent) to 3,142.72. Before the opening bell, the Commerce Department reported the US economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in the 2012 fourth quarter. Hours later, the ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... to 4.6%, noted Toll in the Reuters share price analysis. Confirming the sentiment shift, analysis of US Department of Commerce housing figures by the Economist magazine show that while new housing starts year on year spiked in October to 3.8% up from ...

Euler Hermes appoints Chris Doube CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Underwriting Agency at National Credit Insurance Brokers (NCI). An Australian national, DoubA(C) holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Management from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Euler Hermes has provided trade credit insurance ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... October are also due out. Treasury Wine Estates chief executive David Dearie is due to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In equities news, Seek, BHP Billiton, Linc Energy, Sundance Energy, Australian Pacific Coal and Nemex have ...