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SEC launches new divisions to protect investors

SEC RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... director of the SEC's division of corporation finance. This comes after the US regulator proposed a new rule that would pause trading in certain individual stocks if the price moves 10 per cent or more in five minutes after 30 stocks on the S&P 500 fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... month and could do so again. Bell Potter Securities senior adviser Stuart Smith said the local market had enjoyed positive trading following the US lead, but he wasn't sure how the market might finish the day. "The message from the Reserve Bank is that ...

Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... cash offer equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. The offer represents a significant premium to Intoll's recent trading price, according to CPPIB. While CPPIB is doing due diligence on the firm, there's no guarantee the pension fund will outline ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street hit a brick wall on its final day of trading last week with the Dow down by 2.5 per cent and the S&P 500 giving up 2.9 per cent - the same day we Australians woke up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading on Friday, with key indices substantially lower and key commodities also down heavily. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... consumer protection agency. The bill includes the core of the intensely-debated Volcker Rule, which will prevent banks from trading their own capital. Treasury secretary Geithner said the bill, when it becomes law, will restore the banking system to ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Lawsuit? Checked. The resolution of these two uncertainties powered Wall Street into a positive close after spending most its trading day worrying about weak economic data at home. Oil spill plugged. BP shares surged by 7.6 per cent on The Street on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... regulation bill. A series of disappointing economic reports had sent the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 100 points in late trading. In the last half hour, the Dow scrambled back to a loss of just seven. Two regional reports pointed to a slowing in ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
h no! Wall Street has run out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...