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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... released. ANZ chief executive Mike Smith will speak at an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) lunch in Sydney. Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd will deliver its full year results, as will Brickworks and crop protection group Nufarm Ltd. Mirrabooka ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... start to digest the implications of the US administration's rescue package - which until now is still being debated in Washington - and confirms our theory that the spectacular two-day rally have been partly as a result of investors and speculators covering ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Wachovia. Likewise, it was reported that JP Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo may bid for parts of Washington Mutual. And we are talking here only about the big institutions deemed 'too big too fail.' Surely, the smaller ones that are ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... the US Treasury's rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac early last week quickly faded as problems in Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and American International Group reminded investors that the problems in the US financial sector remain. Even the National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... market dragged around by reports and speculation about the fate of two troubled financial firms, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual. In a volatile session that saw gains and losses reverse several times, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... financial year it will be begin releasing quarterly public reports. The Future Fund was recently criticised by the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics for having amongst the poorest transparency and accountability of any sovereign ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... prevent insurers and employers from discriminating against people based on their genetic test results. According to the Washington Post, the US Senate has passed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act, preventing insurance providers from forcing ...

CFA takes ethics inhouse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... ethics workshop began five years ago after the World Bank approached CFA to design a program for the bank's employees in Washington DC. Since then, CFA has developed the program for its members as a refresher to the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... broader All Ordinaries lost 49.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 5634.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Tuesday, as news that Washington Mutual Inc expects a large quarterly loss raised the spectre of poor results in the financial sector, while minutes from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... mark, soothing investors' anxiety about the latest credit market fallout and increasing the allure of riskier assets. WASHINGTON - US consumers cut their spending in February and the labor market continued to weaken, suggesting the pillar that had supported ...