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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... report for August. In company news, the Australia China Investment Forum begins. Medibank Private, Brickworks Ltd, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd, David Jones Ltd and Australian Unity release annual results. Boart Longyear Ltd holds a general meeting ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Buffet told his audience at a California conference. The tone was similarly positive at the Brookings Institution in Washington, with US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declaring that, "The recession is very likely over at this point." But he was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... action came as China filed a World Trade Organisation complaint over what it alleged were unfair tariffs imposed by Washington on Chinese tyre imports. Analysts said the prospect of a trade war between the US and China had made traders nervous. The market ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... converted back into the US denomination. Normally by this time, financial markets would be listening to admonitions from Washington and/or the Fed warning about taking action to break the dollar's downdraft. We have heard nothing of the sort so far. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... Hi-Fi Ltd and Primary Health Care Ltd. Dexion Ltd issues first half results. In Melbourne, the Australian Ambassador to Washington, Dennis Richardson, addresses the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on, "How important is the recovery of ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... US, late last week. The deal was struck through a joint venture with real estate investment and advisory firm, First Washington Realty of Bethesda, Maryland. The pension fund signed the dotted line for a 60 per cent stake in the $2.1 billion portfolio ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... and the US President's Economic Adviser backed each other saying that America's stimulus measures were not enough. Washington should implement "Stimulus Mark II" and spend, spend, spend. Well I guess, now that Wall Street is back in a jolly good mood ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... Paris, New York and Asia wobbled on lingering doubts about prospects for an economic rebound ahead of a meeting in Washington of the US Federal Reserve. The London FTSE 100 index shed 4.03 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 4,230.02. FRANKFURT - The Dax gained ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... from taxpayers and you're a bad bank. The reasoning goes that these banks are repaying the government early to get Washington off their backs. So they could once again pay their hardworking CEO's and structured products team mouth-watering salaries and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... fourth Annual Housing Congress on "The outlook for the housing sector and the domestic economy". Brickworks Ltd and Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd release first-half results. On Wednesday, the Australian share market shunned negative leads from ...