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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... power plant in Japan failed following a massive earthquake and tsunami. In the US, AT&T Inc said it would buy rival T-Mobile USA for $US39 billion ($A39.35 billion), creating the largest US cellphone company. Meanwhile, Charles Schwab Corp. said it would ...

Fund manager takes social media to next level

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Australian equities boutique fund manager NakedFunds Management has incorporated social media into its daily dealings with both its investors and potential clients. Using a Facebook-like interactive page, NakedFunds uses online capabilities to survey ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... you surf cyberspace for commentaries by the financial market literati. Suddenly, everyone appears to be convinced that the USA will be A-OK. To them I say, duh! Where were you the past few months? Doing a Rip van Winkle and only woken up to the fact ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... was the best performing company among the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc fell one per cent after reporting that new orders declined last quarter. Avon Products Inc fell 5.5 per cent after its ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... that the US economy is in a good place only less than three months later? You know what happens when he proclaims that the USA is now A-ok, don't you? There'll suddenly be calls to immediately stop then withdraw stimulation. There's no need for it and ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... Australia's leading financial services technology providers. The Financial Services Technology Forum is part of the G'day USA: Australia Week and will feature speakers from companies whose technology was invented in Sydney and now used by securities ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... sectors. According to the firm's US website, Berkshire Capital had previously negotiated transactions for Nomura Asset Management USA, Banc of America Investment Advisors, ABN AMRO Trust Services and E*Trade Financial Corporation, among its 240-plus ...

Australia well behind in carbon pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Institute today launched global research into carbon pricing in the electricity sector of six key economies - Australia, China, USA, UK, Japan, South Korea. According to the research, Australia is well behind its competitors in the UK, China and the ...

All cashed up and ready to pounce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund trustees are looking to invest a portion of their cash holdings, currently accounting for more than 50 per cent of their portfolio, into shares, a new survey shows. The Ubank survey released in February this year found t hat ...