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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the troubled firm tries to put its finances in order while keeping planes in the sky and passengers in seats. TORONTO - BHP Billiton is reviewing its diamonds business in Canada's far north and looking for a buyer ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... to say that they would lift payroll tax by 3% there would be a big public debate," ACCI chief executive Peter Anderson told Sky News. Anderson said any government hopes of a "wage superanuation trade off" weren't realistic, and that employers were ultimately ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... - Wellington closed flat, edging 0.69 points lower to 3,280.73. Telecom fell 1.0 per cent to NZ$2.525, while gaming group Sky City Entertainment rose 0.9 per cent to NZ$3.53.

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Italian bond market confusion is pushing money towards US treasuries, resulting in Italian bond yields soaring and US bond yields contracting. Responding to the money shifts, Reuters has reported US government bond prices gaining ground as investors ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... Congress approved the extra spending three days later. Are politicians - and all you anti-Keynesians - still waiting for the sky to fall before realising that cutting the deficit now for a brighter and more sustainable long-term future is just dumb ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... WELLINGTON - Wellington shed 0.13 per cent, or 4.37 points, to close at 3288.31. Contact Energy gained one per cent to $NZ5.27 and Sky City closed 0.9 per cent higher at $NZ3.51, while Fletcher Building fell by 1.8 per cent to $NZ7.45 and Telecom closed ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... infrastructure. Rainmaker said slow growth in the pooled investment market has seen cash holdings as bank deposits, now at a sky high $1.5 trillion, stay above aggregate FUM for the past five quarters pushing the total for the combined sectors through ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... investors despite the challenging conditions, according to a boutique fund manager. David Hobart, managing director, Blue Sky Apeiron spoke this week in Sydney about the growing challenges and opportunities in global markets and how investors need to ...

Inflation not currency worrying the RBA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Anyone who thinks the Reserve Bank was about to cave into pressure for lower interest rates to take pressure of the AUD should read their rates decision statement from yesterday because it seems they were closer to lifting them than they were to lowering ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
Australia's housing market continues to confound, not because it's expensive in world terms but because of the disconnect between people naively hoping for price reductions and everybody else complaining we aren't building them fast enough. The latest ...