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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is set to fall at the open after world stock markets plummeted on Monday as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis. At 0806 AEDT, the December Share Price ...

UBank brand not quite ready for NAB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
National Australia Bank chose the height of the second stage of the great credit crunch as the right time to introduce its alternative retail bank brand UBank to the Australian market. The first product for NAB's UBank is an aggressively priced three-month ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Following last Monday's preview of a financial market pandemonium, there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the US Senate will pass the Treasury's US$700 billion rescue package. The Senate voted 74 to 25 in favour of the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Local stocks may trade lower today after US equities markets fell by close to four per cent, while Europe suffered less but also was in the red. The key Wall Street indices all were down, as were commodities, including oil, gold, silver, and copper. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, shortly after the US Senate approved the Wall Street bailout package. Shortly before noon AEST, the Senate voted 74-25 in favour of the $US700 billion ($A887 billion) package aimed at keeping the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Australian stocks have received a flat lead today, with Wall Street markets finishing slightly down, including stocks and oil, although gold and silver were higher. In Europe, the British and French bourses were up moderately, but the Eurozone's largest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
The Australian stock market remained in positive territory at noon, led by strong gains in resources and a recovery in the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 142 points, or 3.09 per cent, at 4742.5, while the broader All ...

Aussies shun local equities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Aussie investors are turning their backs on Australian shares and sporting a grim reaper stance towards the local economy, new research shows. Almost 40 per cent of Australian investors have been expecting the share market to perform 'somewhat worse' ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Just when you thought the financial crisis couldn't get any crazier, former Treasurer Peter Costello said planners are to blame for super fund members losing money from their super fund accounts following the stockmarket rout. "The government didn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Australian stocks are expected to show a stronger performance today, following a stronger performance on Wall Street overnight. At 0800 AEST, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was 127 points higher at 4,812. ...