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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... survey of consumer inflationary expectations for May. In company news, it's the first day of the AMEC 2009 National Mining Congress in Perth. Roc Oil Company Ltd, Everest Financial Group Ltd, Cyclopharm Ltd and Adelaide Brighton Ltd hold annual general ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... vu brewing in national governments' response to quickly correct their sharply widened budget deficits. In 1932, the US Congress reduced spending and raised income taxes of high wage earners to bring the budget back in balance. In 2009, US President Barack ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... releases its Financial Stability Review. RBA head of economic analysis Anthony Richards addresses the fourth Annual Housing Congress on "The outlook for the housing sector and the domestic economy". Brickworks Ltd and Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough or was just basically not there. In his speech to China's National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to deliver an 8 per cent growth in his economy. And the rumoured stimulus plan? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... linked to various types of loans and credit cards. But some said Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments in Congress indicated the banking system is not yet on the mend. The Dow Jones industrial average gave up its earlier gains to close down ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... President Barack Obama's words garnered applause and a standing ovation from both Democrats and the Republicans in the US Congress, Wall Street gave a whispered, almost sarcastic 'yey' judging from its overnight performance. There is no question that ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... jury is still out on America. Even US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is hedging his bet. In his testimony before Congress overnight, he remarked that, 'significant stresses remain in many markets' and predicted that full recovery of the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... 2004. NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Wall Street a double dose of reassurance. Bernanke told Congress Monday that the recession might end this year, and that regulators aren't planning to nationalise banks. The news alleviated ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... situation in Sudan is unique because it has been labeled as genocide by the federal government, and in particular because Congress passed safe harbor legislation last year allowing fiduciaries to make this particular divestment," said board chair Steve ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... weather a weak lead from the United States. The local market saw little relief as investor confidence ebbed after the US congress haggled over its stimulus package. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.8 points, or 1.28 per cent, at ...