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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... ceasefire declaration in Libya and Group of Seven intervention to prevent the yen from surging further, as well as the Federal Reserve's green light for major banks to pay or increase their dividends after successful stress tests, gave bulls a boost. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region jumped in February to the highest point since January 1984. The survey from the Federal Reserve's Philadelphia branch showed new orders soared. Production at US factories, mines and utilities dipped last month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... report overshadowed a bigger than expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said its index of manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region nearly doubled between January and February. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... Department also reported that wholesale prices rose sharply in January due to higher costs for gas and other goods. The Federal Reserve reported separately that factories produced more goods for the fifth straight month in January, although overall industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... week is light on economic data, but plenty of companies are releasing quarterly earnings. In the afternoon, the Federal Reserve will give its monthly snapshot of Americans' borrowing. Private economists forecast that consumer borrowing rose at an annual ...

Aust Unity boutiques cautious on year ahead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... don't see much interest rate action by the Reserve Bank of Australia for the foreseeable future and in the US, the Federal Reserve seems solely focused on employment figures at the moment. "We see the US market as continuing to trend higher and the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... at 2,637.31. In the final hour of US trade, credit card companies faced a sharp sell-off though after news the Federal Reserve had proposed putting a cap on the amount the companies can charge retailers in processing fees. At 1023 AEDT, the major Australian ...

Vanguard chairman to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... Duffield will retire at the end of the year, the company announced. Duffield joined Vanguard in 1980 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia, where he served in economic research. His first role at the firm was as an assistant to Vanguard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... of Wesfarmers. On Wall Street, the market closed higher after a string of strong earning reports and after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was growing at a modest rate.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... closed lower as traders weighed expectations about the performance of the US economy after a warning from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was off 21.72 points at 10,739.31 while the broader S&P 500 index dropped 5.50 points ...