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ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... dampening impact of a strong currency on growth and inflation. Again... then again, the ECB might be content to let the Fed the heavy lifting - tapering, after all, puts upward pressure on the US dollar.

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... community to make a contribution," he continued. "There will be difficult decisions, but all Australians must help to do the heavy lifting." "The fiscal consolidation programme that we reveal in the Budget will establish a clear path back to a surplus ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... strong day." The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 16,514.37 overnight, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ was 0.97 per cent higher at 4,161.46 points. Meanwhile, Germany's DAX 30 jumped two per cent to 9,600 points. Mr Radford ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... from banking giant Citigroup also helped boost financial stocks. HONG KONG - Asia's markets ended mixed following another heavy sell-off on Wall Street while concerns over the crisis in Ukraine resurfaced. Investors were also awaiting the release this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... the US corporate earnings season on Tuesday evening, analysts said. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following another heavy sell off on Wall Street, with technology stocks taking a beating, while a stronger yen added to downward pressure on Japan's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... overnight. Rivkin global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market had fared relatively well at the open, given the weak lead. "Technology ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The share market is lower as investors follow a negative lead from Wall Street's last session. Friday's big drop in high-growth companies in the US overshadowed a solid US jobs report, Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "It was momentum stocks ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... in Paris the CAC 40 index gave up 0.14 per cent to 4,379.06. The euro retreated to a three-week low against the dollar on heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The market has started the day more than one per cent lower, which follows heavy falls on US and European markets overnight. Official Chinese figures released late on Thursday showed a sharp decline in industrial ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Tinto is expected to publish its annual report. In Australia, the market on Thursday pushed the sharemarket higher, after heavy falls in iron ore prices came to an end. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 28.4 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 5,412.6 points. ...