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Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... creditworthiness...Although Portugal has not been disproportionately affected by the global downturn, prospects for economic recovery are weaker than 15 European Union peers, which will put pressure on its public finances over the medium term." But what's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks fell Friday as investors took profits from recent gains and fretted about the global economic recovery following India's surprise interest rate hike. After opening with small gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 37.19 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Dickson at DA Davidson & Co said that investors would scrutinise the central bank's current assessment of the economic recovery. LONDON - European stocks lost ground on Monday as traders kept an anxious eye on a key European meeting on the Greek finance ...

Brand the top concern for finance industry

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... firms for the third year in a row. Aon's 2009/10 Australasian Risk Management Benchmarking Survey notes that economic recovery is bringing its own risk concerns to Australian businesses. The survey shows increased concern about business growth factors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... per cent, at 2,340.68. LONDON - European stocks ended little changed on Tuesday amid uncertainty over Europe's economic recovery. The FTSE 100 index fell 4.42 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,602.30 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 40 Dax rose 9.98 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... to 4,709.9 points. NEW YORK - Wal Street stocks moved higher on more corporate takeover activity and signs of economic recovery overseas. CF Industries made another offer for fertiliser maker Terra Industries, which last month agreed to be sold to Norway's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... US jobless benefits jumped to a three-month high, underscoring ongoing struggles for the labor market and the economic recovery. The seasonally adjusted initial claims in the week ending February 20 rose to 496,000, an increase of 22,000 from from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... that the central bank is not yet ready to abandon its ultra-low interest rates as it tries to keep a tentative economic recovery on track. Bernanke, in his semiannual report to Congress, said he saw unemployment remaining stubbornly high, which would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... pulled back on Tuesday after a surprising drop in consumer confidence reminded investors of the fragility of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrials were off, and interest rates also fell as investors moved money out of stocks and into the safety ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...