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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... broad-based gains, but most of the activity is amongst the energy producers and the miners." At 1203 AEST, Australia's big four banks mostly were lower, however, with Commonwealth Bank down 17 cents at $58.03, National Australia Bank losing three cents ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... the reform of the global financial sector... the overriding goal was to prevent 'regulatory arbitrage'-the migration of banks to places where the burden of tax and regulation is lightest." Seek and thou shalt find. There's Greece... and Ireland, and ...

NAB/AXA merger not anti-competitive: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... investment needs'. On the contrary, the researcher did another sub-analysis, conducting 7,900 interviews, to find out which banks or wealth management firms are servicing this market. In this scenario, a combined NAB/AXA would still only have 8.6 per ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... poverty, penury and insecurity, while at the same time preserving and increasing the privileges of the financially well-off, banks and businesses." Perhaps it's time for the Eurozone to cut the Greek isle loose? But if it did, who's next?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... meeting in Perth. In Australia on Thursday, the Australian share market closed lower, pulled back by the major miners and banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 46.9 points, or 0.95 per cent, to 4,907.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... Billiton was down 63 cents, or 1.47 per cent, at $42.10 and Rio Tinto lost $1.82, or 2.32 per cent, to $76.70. The four major banks also were lower. "They've had a fair run over the least eight to ten weeks so it may just be some profit-taking," Mr Herring ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... bush, placed both hands on his face and cried, "Rules, rules, rules... too many rules!" But unlike Moses, America's biggest banks are not squatting and weeping at the prospect that the deities of Capitol Hill would soon hand down the, "Thou shall not ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... "There was a good lead from Wall Street and firmer commodity prices have really helped," Ms Saly said. At 1202 AEST, the big banks were mixed, with Commonwealth Bank up 69 cents at $59.96, ANZ rising 39 cents to $25.52, Westpac up 51 cents at $28.35 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... which covers both A and B shares, was down 0.76 points at 2,979.53 on turnover of 124.8 billion yuan ($A19.79 billion). Banks and property developers had led morning losses after Beijing announced further measures to cool down the real estate market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... in the United States and Europe for a close look at Goldman Sachs's role in the US subprime home loan disaster kept the banks under pressure although they also got a lift from Citigroup's strong return to profit. Dealers said some feared the US Securities ...