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Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... trading. But there'll still be trading on electronic platforms -that's if traders aren't kept occupied sandbagging their homes for they surely couldn't take public transport which have been suspended. The duration and extent of the disruption would depend ...

Storm preyed on the naive: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Storm Financial consciously targeted unsophisticated retiree investors who owned their homes but were inexperienced in financial matters, a Brisbane court has heard. Allan Myers, QC who is representing ASIC said investors were lured by presentations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Department showing housing starts rose 2.3 per cent from July, including a 5.5 per cent jump in starts on single-family homes. Apple held above the $700 line, adding 0.03 per cent at $702.10. LONDON - European stocks have closed higher, lifted by US ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... regions and sectors in July and August. And then there was the continuation of the good news in the housing market. Pending homes sales increase by 2.4% in July to its highest level since April 2010 and is up 12.4% from a year ago. Not to worry, the ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... as Apple's earnings disappointed - US$9.32/share versus estimates of US$10.37 per share -- and so too did sales of new US homes - down by 8.4% in June to an annualised rate of 350K units versus expectations of 370K. Again, no one bothered to tell no ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... cent) at 1,337.89. The tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 8.75 points (0.31 per cent) to 2,854.24. Sales of newly built single-family homes fell 8.4 per cent in June, to an annual rate of 350,000, the Commerce Department reported. Expectations were for a rate ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... more details to be released later today, it is expected the new reforms will allow for many people to be cared for in their homes. Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, told ABC Radio the Government spends about $12bn on aged care with around ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... market provides more evidence of this. US existing home sales jumped by 4.3% in January to an annualised rate of 4.57 million homes from a revised 4.38 million pace in the previous month. While this is lower than market expectations, the latest figure ...

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... home to the US auto industry is projecting a budget surplus of $735 million," Baur said. While the volume of distressed homes on the market will keep housing prices down, the prices of new homes are indicative of a rise, maintained Baur, who quipped ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... highest since Bush's cash for clunkers program). Increasingly confident American consumers are buying houses. Sales of new homes rose by 1.3% to an annualised rate of 307,000 units from 303,000 in September and 282,000 in the same month last year. Similarly ...