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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... 1.782 per cent, meaning that France has to pay more than twice as much as Germany to borrow. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed virtually unchanged on Tuesday, slipping just 0.03 per cent to 5,517.44 points. But in Paris the CAC-40 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... same time, the polls point to a victory for the right, ousting the socialist government. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.47 per cent at 5,519.04 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.28 per cent to 3,108.95 points and in Frankfurt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... it the worst performer on Monday on the ASX 200. Oil and gas explorer and producer AWE Ltd was the best performer among the top 200, rising 11.5 cents, or 8.5 per cent, to $1.475, followed by DuluxGroup. National turnover was 938.8 million securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... boost as Italy and Greece made progress on reforms to help stabilise their strained finances. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed up 1.85 per cent to 5545.38 points, in Paris the CAC-40 jumped 2.76 per cent to 3149.38 points and in ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The demise of Europe, the rapid incline of Chinese growth and where Australia stands in all of this, were key topics of discussion for economists at the ASFA conference. According to Mark Thirlwell, director of international economy program, Lowy Institute ...

One-third advisers switch insurance providers: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... users lose a higher proportion of advisers to other providers," said Peker. On the insurer front, Macquarie Life came out on top with the highest overall planner satisfaction in 2011, followed by Asteron and AIA Australia.

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... eurozone debt crisis could snare Italy as its next victim and plunge the bloc into recession. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.29 per cent to 5,444.82 points on Thursday. In Paris, the CAC-40 fell 0.34 per cent to 3,064.84 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... US and German government bonds, seen as the benchmark holdings to have in troubled times. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 106.96 points, or 1.92 per cent, at 5,460.38 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 lost 68.14 points, or 2.17 ...

Forum: Women driving change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... reaching executive level than women, despite equal numbers entering the workplace. It's also estimated that just eight of the top 200 companies' chief executives are women. "One of the biggest challenges of a male dominated industry is not to become ...

ASFA recognises super industry's best marcomms campaigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... messages." Entries for the 2011 ASFA Communications Awards were judged by a panel of industry peers in the first round, with the top campaigns going through to a final round of judging by a number of industry and external marketing and communications ...