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Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... 70 Seems like we're gonna get some excitement for almost each month of 2012. One more check before I wrap this up. Nine minutes to midnight and nah, still nothing. News just in. Surprise of surprises, Euro-area finance ministers reached agreement on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... index futures contract was up two points at 4,247. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its minutes of its February board meeting. In equities news, Flight Centre, Sonic Healthcare and Mirvac Group post half-year results ...

All Greeced out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package required for the country to get more bailout loans. Minutes after the opening bell on Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 42 points to 12,819. Intel led the Dow lower, dropping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... could get more cash to help countries struggling with debts. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 1 point to 12,483 minutes after the opening bell. The S&P 500 index is up less than 1 point to 1,293. The Nasdaq is up 6 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,734. ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... and hard landing. Yep, it's there. But don't take my word for it. Even our very own RBA is positioned for these. In the minutes of its 6 December 2011 Board Meeting, our central bank stated that, while "The data for the US economy had been better than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Statistics (ABS) releases new motor vehicle sales figures for October and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its November 1 board meeting and interest rate decision. In equities news, Perpetual Investments resources holds a ...

AustralianSuper gives Alphinity $400+ million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... billion mark across the nation," said Ian Silk, AustralianSuper chief executive. "It is vital that everyone takes a few minutes to check if they have any lost super and take the simple steps to transfer it. The benefits of transferring lost accounts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... European banks "urgently" needed to recapitalise to weather the sovereign debt storm. Wall Street investors also digested the minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting released on Wednesday, which showed that some participants wanted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... countries to vote on changes that expand the eurozone rescue fund, known as the European Financial Stability Facility. Minutes after the US equities markets closed, Slovakia's lawmakers rejected the revamp of the EFSF in a vote that also toppled the ...