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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open flat today after a mixed performance on Wall Street on Monday. At 0803 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down six points at 4,170. In economic news ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... quarterly fall since the 1990/91 recession. But this is better than consensus expectations for a 0.5 per cent decline. And yes, the war cushioned the fall. US national defense spending increased by 18.1 per cent in the September quarter following a 7.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat to positively today after commodity prices fell overnight and Wall Street posted what were, by the end of the day, reasonable gains. At 0715 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on ...

Government pumps $500m into Members Equity

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Industry Super Fund-owned Members Equity Bank has received a $500 million injection following the Federal Government's Australian Office of Financial Management's investment in its super members' home loans RMBS. In a media statement released by MEB ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
'See Saw Margery Daw Johnny Wall Street shall have a new master He It shall earn but a penny a day Because he the Fed can't work any faster.' The market giveth and the market taketh away. Isn't it funny how yesterday's big rally on Wall Street was attributed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly stronger today after a late dive on Wall Street wiped out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half a point interest rate cut. At 0801 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open strongly today after Wall Street experienced its second-largest point gain on record and Asian markets also surged. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after US stocks see-sawed overnight. Asian markets fell heavily yesterday. At 0706 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up two points at 3,793. ...

Swan clears St George takeover

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Westpac yesterday received the formal approval of Wayne Swan, Australia's Treasurer, for its planned takeover of St George Bank. The approval comes with some limp conditions that conform to Westpac's stated plans for the bank, including maintaining ...

More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Global insurance brokerage firm Aon has warned that following AIG's troubles and government rescue, there will be more bad news from insurers as the sector undergoes mass asset depletion and capital shortage. Speaking yesterday at Aon's 2008 Advanced ...