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Blue Sky adds maths software company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... worth US$1.3 billion in revenue per annum. In the last two years, ORIGO has won several large, long-term contracts with major US school districts, with its core product, Stepping Stones, adopted by three of the largest fifty school districts in the US. ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... cent) to 5,021.63. Tech shares like Intel (-1.7 per cent) and Facebook (-1.8 per cent) were hard hit on a day with no major US economic indicators. Airline stocks also fell sharply on worries about overcapacity. Analysts said the market continued to ...

AustralianSuper appoints Principal to advise on US real estate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... strategy, effective immediately. The non-discretionary mandate will focus on large, high-quality office investments in major US markets, including New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Investments will be made either directly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were on the ground in Ukraine to help ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... encouraging local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra. Despite lucklustre retail sales data all the major US markets gained overnight with the Dow Jones rising 0.55 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 jumped 0.67 per cent ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones dropped 75.07 points to 16,368.27, while broad-based S&P 500 fell 10.67 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower after Wall Street fell a day before the release of major US economic data. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... The Nasdaq composite rebounded in the early afternoon, gaining 16.14 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4,323.33. The three major US stock indexes are still down for the week. Stocks had a strong finish last week, setting three record highs. Investors have ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... due to the sequester, analysts are predicting many of these employees will retire. Illustrating the potential is that major US federal agencies such as Treasury, Labor, Education, NASA and Social Security have more than one-third of their employees now ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index increased 27.41 (0.80 per cent) to 3,436.58. The gains came amid a lack of major US economic data, with stocks like Gap and Priceline advancing after favourable earnings news. LONDON - European stock markets ...