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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... YORK - US stocks edged higher to start the week after economic reports suggested that the recovery is continuing. The Commerce Department said consumer spending rose at its fastest pace in four months in February, though some of the increase was driven ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... cheques and labour: it's expensive," Hewett said. By contrast the eRollover Hub works like a bank, using a ClickSuper e-commerce engine to process the rollovers. The super fund simply sends the data and cash through the Hub to the new super fund account. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... cent after it won approval for a drug to treat patients with melanoma skin cancer. The market also got support from the Commerce Department's revision of fourth quarter economic growth to 3.1 per cent from 2.8 per cent, more evidence of the strength ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... broad-based S&P 500 index advanced 0.29 per cent and the Nasdaq index finished up 0.54 per cent. The move came despite the Commerce Department reporting that sales of new US homes slumped to the lowest level since the 1960s. In morning trade the local ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... 1,297.54 points. The Nasdaq index rose 14.43 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 2,698.30 points. The move came despite the Commerce Department reporting that sales of new US homes slumped to the lowest level since the 1960s, offering more evidence of a lingering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... dealing another blow to the economy already racked by an earthquake, tsunami and evolving nuclear crisis. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported that new home construction fell to the second-lowest level on record in February, reflecting weak demand. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... would spread to the world's No 1 oil exporter. The earthquake and oil protests largely overshadowed a report from the Commerce Department that retail sales rose one per cent in February, the biggest gain in four months and more than the 0.8 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Cameron Clyne will hold a conversation with Nine Network finance editor Ross Greenwood at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch. On Tuesday, the Australian share market clawed back earlier losses to close flat as bargain hunters took advantage of ...

GESB appoints chair

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... executive officer, GESB. Langoulant has previously held chief executive roles at Australian Capital Equity and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia. His current board positions include that of chairman at the Telethon Institute for ...

ASFA ushers year of e-commerce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Electronic commerce for Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry is now firmly in the sights of ASFA 's electronic commerce policy subcommittee. Driving the strategy is Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group, who has just ...