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Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... good news in America. The latest being the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index which showed home prices for its 10- and 20-City Composites increasing for the first time in 8 months in April. However, the seasonally adjusted series showed that the 20-City ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... changed hands, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was up 5c during the morning, but finished level at 270. Sky TV fell 2c to 560, Sky City gained 4c to 361, Contact Energy, majority owned by Australia's Origin Energy, was up 3c to 538, and cornerstone stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... straight session on concerns over Greece's debt and reports of a controversial program to provide cheaper housing in the city. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 95.75 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 21,599.51 on turnover of HK$65.75 billion ($A8.01 billion). ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... against more Fed policy splurges at about this time last year were greater - and even more hawkish. In June 2010, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig advised that the Fed should increased interest rates to 1 per cent soon - perhaps within a few months. ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... of retirees do not own their own home, REST said. That figure is likely to grow to 25 per cent in 20 years as unaffordable city house prices prevented many younger people from buying homes. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Industry Super, said home ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract had added 24 points to 4,712 points, with 15,804 contracts traded. City Index chief market analyst Peter Esho said the market had moved into positive territory after a negative start, boosted by ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... purchase programme and/or raising interest rates, there were no dissenters in last night's FOMC vote - zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig had objected at every FOMC meeting since 2010 over the central bank's easy policy stance. ...

Super merger on track

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Towers Watson has been retained by Queensland funds City Super and LGsuper, which are on course to complete their merger by the end of June. The funds said they have appointed service providers for the merged business and have opted to continue with ...

Merged super funds coy on CEO decision

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
Queensland's LGsuper to retain its name following merger with fellow local government super fund City Super but the chief executive of the combined business is yet to be announced. Despite making key decisions on the structure of the board of directors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... million) to advance a feasibility study for extending the life of Kennecott Utah Coppers Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake City, in the United States. Major lenders were mixed. National Australia Bank gained 19 cents to $26.14, Westpac off two cents to ...