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The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Nothing like a good cash injection to stabilise ailing equity markets, or in the Bank of England's case, offering the patient a drip but at a price. Equity markets suffered another bumpy ride on Friday night with the Dow roller coasting again, dropping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... climbed 22.82 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 2,575.98. LONDON - The UK's leading share index rose 0.8 per cent as the Bank of England and the European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold, and a raft of upbeat earnings helped lift global equities. ...

Economic round-up: Umbrellas up, ice creams down

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... 10 basis points overnight to 5.14 per cent while two-year yields put on nine basis points to 4.97 per cent. The Bank of England increased interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent overnight while the European Central Bank (ECB) left rates steady ...

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... trend of increased consumer savings. Interest rates were raised in the UK for the fifth time in 11 months and the Bank of England remains concerned that inflation is not showing signs of coming under control. Rates were raised by a quarter of a point ...

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... English water company, South East Water, giving it management of a portfolio of utilities covering much of south-east England.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... of Britain's leading shares ended down 1.7 per cent as inflationary concerns dragged stocks down ahead of the Bank of England's interest rate verdict on Thursday. The FTSE 100 ended 110.1 points lower at 6,522.7, but was barely affected by the European ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... of news overnight that UK's central bank had considered raising interest rates. The release of minutes from the Bank of England's board meeting earlier this month weakened the US dollar, which in turn helped the domestic unit. The Australian dollar opened ...

Mercer appoints ex-RBA exec as principal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... office, as manager of the Bank's EUR8 billion European fixed income portfolio and worked as a consultant at the Bank of England, specialising in risk management for derivatives portfolios. Simon Eagleton, Mercer's Australia/New Zealand business leader ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... Britain's index of top 100 shares fell after interest rates were raised to their highest level in six years by the Bank of England. The fall came despite some bolstering by merger and acquisition activity. The FTSE 100 at close was down 25.5 points to ...