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Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... challenge, underscores the series of institutional shortcomings that still exist within European monetary union." "There are big execution risks on all sides, including execution risk around the profile of the debt which in the judgment of the IMF and ...

Australian market strong after miners' gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian share market has opened almost one per cent higher following a rebound by the big miners and a recovery on overseas markets. The miners on Friday were a major part of the push higher as iron ore prices jumped almost 10 per cent just a ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are QSuper's executive search following chief executive Rosemary Vilgan's departure and Peters MacGregor's marquee hire. QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs - Rosemary Vilgan will leave QSuper in October after 27 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... finance data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday rebounded from its early losses due to big gains by the miners, strength on China's market and better-than-expected jobs figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... 63 cents, or 1.26 per cent, to $49.43. Fortescue Metals Group had lost six cents, or 3.58 per cent, to $1.615. As for the big four banks, ANZ had shed 47 cents to $31.80, Commonwealth had fallen $1.13 to $84.64, National Australia Bank was down 41 cents ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... claimed it inadvertently set the scene for the sub-prime and the US financial crisis (USFC). GOP Senator John McCain said: "Big Wall Street institutions should be free to engage in transactions with significant risk, but not with federally insured deposits. ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
What Greece has started, China's finishing. To be sure, the tragi-comedy that is Greece is far from over, not with crunch time moments ever so foreverly moved - 23 February was the first "this is it moment" for Athens, that became 24 Feb, that became ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street slumped on worries about China and Greece in a session that was overshadowed by a lengthy outage at the New York Stock Exchange due to technical problems. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... to $1.7275. Oil and gas giant Woodside was down 27 cents to $34.37, while Santos had dropped 10 cents to $7.60. As for the big four banks, ANZ had shed 41 cents to $32.62, the Commonwealth had fallen $1.03 to $86.66, National Australia Bank was down ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... rose three cents to $26.04, while Rio Tinto added 61 cents to $51.77 and Fortescue Metals climbed 3.5 cents to $1.75. The big four banks were also higher, with ANZ up 73 cents to $32.94, Commonwealth $1.56 stronger at $87.86, National Australia Bank ...