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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... cent, at 3,332.27. Telecom slipped 1.6 percent to $NZ2.50, Air New Zealand rose 0.9 per cent to $NZ1.12 and casino operator Sky City gained 1.8 per cent to $NZ3.42.

Social media insurance wanted for share price protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
The potential negative of impact social media on a company's share price has lead to the development of social media insurance protection products, but Australian boards still want more access online. Under discussion at the Association of Chartered ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Chicken Little's back! It's back telling everyone who cares to listen that "the sky is falling". Chicken Little knows. "I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head" (The Sky is Falling) as it watched the Democrats ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... points, or 1.3 per cent, to 7,267.87. France's CAC 40 closed up 20.7 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 3,793.27. Shares in British Sky Broadcasting closed 2 percent higher in London after News Corp pulled its takeover bid for the company in the face of vociferous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set for a flat start to trading today after two days of significant falls due to concerns of spreading debt problems in Europe. Wall Street and major European markets posted losses overnight as concerns remain about Europe's ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... ignored the peppering of negative news the day before, they're certainly not walking away now that the sun begins to shine, the sky turns blue and the heavens smile. And why wouldn't investors feel like the heavens had given them the nod to "make their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... over 1.1 million shares changed hands, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was up 5c during the morning, but finished level at 270. Sky TV fell 2c to 560, Sky City gained 4c to 361, Contact Energy, majority owned by Australia's Origin Energy, was up 3c to 538 ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
All seems to be clear on the western front today. The sun is shining, the sky is blue (even here in Melbourne) and everything looks hunky-dory, thanks very much. There was a kind of hush all over the world last night - hush over the tragedy that is ...