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AAP | FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005

... releases September lending finance data. NEW YORK - US stocks shot up after robust demand from overseas investors for US government debt signaled confidence in the economy, while sliding crude prices soothed fears of high energy costs. The rally was ...

Zurich sends team to help US hurricane victims

... death toll for Katrina alone topped 1,300 and the damages estimated at between $70 to $130 billion, according to US government reports. Katrina is said to be the most expensive natural disaster in US history. Over one million people were displaced and ...

Volatility of returns from international equities at an all time low

... house has noted the low volatility levels cannot go on indefinitely. It has sited continued US dollar weakness, the US government's management of its twin deficits, and a revaluation of the Yuan in China as potential drivers for a rise in the market ...

Costello's Future Fund draws fire

The proposal by Federal Treasurer Peter Costello to establish a special fund to deal with the almost $90 billion hole in the Australian government's superannuation commitments lacks focus, asset consultant Ken Atchison said this week. The government's ...

FTA $4 billion benefit figure should be revised: expert

The government needed to revise a $4 billion figure it used to quantify economic benefits of the Australia-US free trade agreement (FTA), an international economist said today. In recent days, some ministers have put the economic benefit of the deal ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... were negative, and that raised that deflation fear again and pushed back any source of a rate hike in the US." The US government reported stronger US industrial production in November and a slight improvement in the nation's trade deficit in the third ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

... after a report in a Saudi newspaper outlining the possibility of a terror attack in coming months, they said. The US government then issued an advisory warning about al Qaeda's continued talk of terror attacks against US international interests, the ...

Alan Stockdale joins Macquarie Infrastructure Group

WITH AAP | FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2003

Former Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale has been appointed head of Macquarie Infrastructure Group's (MIG) investor and external relations, MIG has announced. Mr Stockdale, who is on the board of Macquarie Bank Ltd, will be responsible for the ongoing ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Lower

... currencies generally strengthened against the US dollar. The euro ended up at $1.1433. The yield on the 10-year US government treasury bond was trading at 3.55%, having fallen as low as 3.17% less than two weeks earlier. All Ordinaries 3018 +0 NASDAQ ...

Morning market wrap: Terror alert unnerves Wall St

The Dow Jones index recorded its third consecutive day of losses-albeit fractional-as the US government raised its terror alert to 'orange' following recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. The warning came as Steve Kaseta, vice president of Boston-based ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:39PM

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA | 12:33PM

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA | 12:10PM

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI | 12:28PM

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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