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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street was trading slightly in the red overnight but European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street and Europe's lead as investors digested a blockbuster deal leaving British oil group BP with nearly a fifth of the Russian giant Rosneft, and took stock of a souring outlook from the ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat after mixed leads from Wall Street and European markets. At 1021 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.7 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,487.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 4.2 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims. At 0636 AEDT on Friday ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... consumer confidence. But in afternoon trade, comments by Charles Plosser, head of the Fed's Philadelphia branch, appeared to spark a selloff. Plosser said he was doubtful the QE3 bond-buying program announced earlier this month would have great impact ...

ASIC civil case a dead duck: Storm founders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Lawyers for Storm founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis have urged Federal Court judge John Reeves to dismiss ASIC's civil action, saying the regulator has no reasonable prospect of success in prosecuting the couple for breach of director duties. ASIC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite a flat session on Wall Street dominated by a weak economic outlook from global freight company FedEx. At 0812 AEST the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at ...