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US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The largest public pension fund in the US fires a warning shot against companies with lousy corporate governance when it demanded a company it invests in to re-write its CG policy and pay a $930 million cheque for wrongful share trading. The $244 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after the Dow rose on Wall Street overnight. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was up 14 points to 5,014. In equities today, Xenolith Resources Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street stocks tumbled in volatile trade as crude oil prices raced to record highs triggering fresh economic jitters. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share ...

GESB mutual on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
WA-based GESB's plans to attain full mutual status yesterday faced financial and legal roadblocks - prompting a delay of the transition until 1 November this year. According to Michele Dolin, chief executive of $8.8 billion GESB, all of the fund's systems ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
High oil prices is causing inflation to rise to nearly 5 per cent but at least they helped convince the Reserve Bank to not lift interest rates. Yesterday the Reserve held off pushing rates above their 7.25 per cent benchmark level citing slowing domestic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after the the Dow and S&P 500 finished slightly stronger on Wall Street overnight. At 0756 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was up 17 points to 5,210. In ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Less than a week after the Jeddah oil summit and oil prices have broken through the US$140 barrier, share markets have plunged and we are being warned the sub-prime fiasco still has two years left to run. And if that wasn't enough, president of OPEC ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly lower after US and European stocks slumped overnight on concerns that company profits will be hurt. Resource stocks may gain after commodities including oil, gold and industrial metals advanced. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market continued to perform well at noon following a strong lead from the financial sector and the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave left interest rates unchanged. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 78.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...