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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Shares opened slightly higher after a positive lead from Wall Street, but by noon the main indices were back in negative territory. "Following a bright start to proceedings, the opening hours of trading have seen the early gains made by the benchmark ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Springs. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in the Northern Territory, the US economist said governments should also buy gold, build infrastructure such as the US Keystone Pipeline, and scrap ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... Bank had added 23 cents to $81.49 and Westpac was three cents higher at $34.61. The big miners were also in positive territory after experiencing significant falls over recent days, as the iron ore price dropped. There was no shift in iron ore prices ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... on interest rates and the latest economic growth figures. The market spent most of the morning in marginally negative territory, before rising to be modestly higher at noon after the release of better than expected building approvals numbers. But IG ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... tripled its net profit on the back of a recovery in the housing market. Lend Lease also started the day in positive territory, as it gained 25 cents to $14.00 after it increased full year profit by nearly 50 per cent while it outlined a positive outlook ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... energy prices. "I think that drag will overwhelm this opening positive impulse and we're likely to finish in negative territory today." BHP Billiton dropped 14 cents to $37.11, Rio Tinto dumped 55 cents to $63.99, Fortescue Metals dipped 1.5 cents to ...

Centrepoint Alliance returns to growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Centrepoint has seen its profits climb back into positive territory in the full year to 30 June reporting an after tax profit of $3.3 million, up from a loss of $7.8 million in 2013. Underlying profit before tax increased 43% to $8.3m. The company has ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... mixed after an early bout of selling on news that Ukraine had shelled Russian armoured vehicles after they entered its territory. Worries that the Friday incident would lead to a direct clash between the two ebbed after Moscow denied the incursion and ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... arrogant". This, at the same time that The Guardian reports that, "...a different Russian convoy did cross into Ukrainian territory late on Thursday evening. The Guardian saw a column of 23 armoured personnel carriers, supported by fuel trucks and other ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... rose 0.48 or 72.58 points to close at 15,232.37, as late bargain-hunting dragged the Japanese market out of negative territory and snapped a five-day losing streak. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index edged up 2.57 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 5097.509.