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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher following the release of better-than-expected jobs figures in the US on Friday. At 0713 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,566. In local economic ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains with the big banks and miners all higher in early trade. At 1037 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.7 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,543 points, while the broader All ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
The Australian market is likely to open higher after gains on markets in Europe and the United States. Stocks in France and Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market opened slightly higher after budget talks in Washington indicated that US politicians were willing to compromise to avoid falling off the "fiscal cliff". At 1029 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.9 points, or ...

Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
A former J.P. Morgan employee has been sentenced to 18 months jail by the NSW District Court after she gave inside information to a friend while working at the investment bank. Elisa Rietbergen, of Kensington, NSW gave confidential information to her ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
It's still the fiscal cliff people. Wall Street closed higher in overnight trade because... C'mon we all know why - because someone heard someone say 'deal'. There were other important stats out of America last night but, as has been the case over the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set for a modestly higher open higher after a surge in bank stocks fuelled gains on Wall Street. At 0818 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,531. In local economic news, the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with banking stocks among the better performers in early trade. At 1035 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 7.4 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,511 points, while the broad-market All Ordinaries had ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks likely to open slightly higher as investors wait for developments from talks in the United States to avoid impending government spending cuts and tax increases. At 0815 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, as local market players await a likely interest rate cut from the central bank. At 1035 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,532.3 points, while the broad-market All ...