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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... to $38.28, Alumina had shed 10 cents to $6.13 but Rio Tinto was up 20 cents to $125.80. US equity markets declined for a third straight week last week. American Express warned of mounting credit card defaults and Tiffany and Co reported a decline in ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... as finance, real estate, and building-material and garden-supplies. Even motor vehicle sales have been hit and seen their third consecutive monthly drop. In short, regardless of what analysts from Down Under might think, the US Fed is worried. Even Merrill ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... will list on the Australian stock exchange in Perth at 1230 AEDT. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply on Friday, capping a third consecutive weekly decline, on a warning by American Express Co of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer ...

Watch out for 130/30

... publication Pensions & Investments showed assets in the active-extension strategies rose by 77 per cent between the first and third quarter of 2007, to more than US$53 billion. Michelle Baltazar

Principal Global appoints Hanel

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
Principal Global Investors Australia has appointed Marcus Hanel to director of third party sales focusing on business growth in Australia. Hanel has more than eight years experience in fund management analysis and financial advice at NAB, MLC and ThreeSixty. ...

St Hilliers posts 5pc more

... investments in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra with a combined value of more than $65 million. The group has recently closed the third in its series of unlisted property investment vehicles raising $50 million of equity from wholesale investors. Michelle ...

US-Aust rates spread widens to 250 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... rates to a near record high of 250 basis points and signals more turbulence for the AUD and jittery world share markets. The third US rate cut this year continues efforts by US monetary authorities to keep liquidity in the US credit markets and contain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... markets finished higher on Monday, with investors betting heavily that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates for a third straight time tomorrow. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 101.05 points (0.74 per cent) at a preliminary ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... Reuters and the New York Times) put the number of households likely to benefit at around 250,000, between one fifth and one third the number of households that some political and industry sponsors of the plan say might benefit. The great stumbling block ...

'Tis the season to invest

... has surveyed nearly 300 people last month to find out their Christmas spending habits. The survey found that around one-third believed their spending was "about right" while a minority 15.5 per cent felt the festive season won't break their wallets. ...