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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... manufactured goods rose three per cent in February, topping expectations of a 2.6 per cent increase. Also on Tuesday, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler reported their best US monthly sales performances since 2007. GM cited "a strengthening economy and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... crisis but as oil prices fell, concerns that soaring energy prices could undercut growth, eased. Speculation that General Motors was to take a stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen stirred interest. News that US durable goods orders slumped 4.0 per cent in January ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
General Motors has bowed to the inevitable and announced it will shut its defined benefit pension fund and move salaried employees into the company's accumulation 401(k) scheme, citing balance sheet risk. The car manufacturing world heavy weight got ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... stock market up 2 per cent this quarter. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.4 per cent last week alone. General Motors rose 2.5 per cent after its US car and truck sales jumped 26 per cent in April. Higher gas prices motivated consumers to buy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... was nearing a 90 billion euro ($A124.46 billion) bailout deal to ease its debt troubles. The successful return of General Motors to the New York stock exchange also boosted US stocks. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.57 per cent, while ...

MLC exec moves to Suncorp Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... for MLC and in loyalty marketing for NAB. His consumer marketing experience includes roles with Lion Nathan and General Motors.

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... increase in productivity that sharp cost cutting had produced over the past months. And to further the bulls' case, General Motors is reportedly gearing up to rise from the ashes - good news for its creditor, employees and suppliers. The Court has granted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... to 3,378.04. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.3 per cent on Tuesday, with automakers climbing after General Motors' bankruptcy filing removed much uncertainty about its fate. The benchmark Nikkei rose 26.56 points to 9,704.31. HONG KONG - ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General Motors became Government Motors. After spending many, many months of worrying of what could be when (not if) GM finally declares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... stocks shot higher Monday as a bullish mood on recovery from recession overshadowed a massive bankruptcy filing by General Motors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221.11, or 2.6 per cent, to 8,721.44. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 23.73 ...