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Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Halliburton also beat estimates. The still-to-be news. Yesterday I warned that the result of US government's stress testing of its banks on 4 May has a great potential for disappointment no matter what the outcome. But you've gone to hand it to the markets... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped on concerns about the level of bad loans held by banks following Bank of America's earnings report. Gold miners may gain after the precious metal advanced on Monday while energy ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... news events. One could come on 4 May when the US government releases the results of the stress tests it conducted on 19 banks. US financial regulators and the Treasury are right now worrying about how to disclose the results to the market. Because of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... posted a net profit of $US2.1 billion ($A2.92 billion) overnight, boosting confidence in the US financial sector, and local banks were benefiting, Mr Taylor said. "The banks were really the issue getting into this crisis, and investors are looking at ...

HSBC appoints Davis as Indian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... India's largest retail brokerages, in September last year and developed a life insurance company with two of India's state banks in June 2008.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... The Australian share market held its gains in morning trade as financial stocks were buoyed by renewed confidence that US banks will post stronger first quarter earnings over the next week. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 47.7 points higher ...

Bank guarantee must stay in place

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... our long-running current account deficit shows, is that Australia relies on foreign borrowing," said Bailey. "Australian banks could not raise enough locally to meet their funding needs. They have to go offshore and when they do they are competing with ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... start varying it. "And mostly down, not up," said Keating. Interest in the variable SG plan was re-awakened last week when banks refused to pass on the cuts in official interest rate cuts despite research showing their funding costs have decreased in ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... by 1.3 per cent overnight following the US Federal Reserve's Beige Book report that showed five of the Fed's 12 district banks 'noted a moderation in the pace of decline' in economic activity. This information was collected in the period through to 6 ...

The Indians are coming

WITH THESHEET.COM.AU  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... announcing rapid plans to open offices Down Under. According to The Sheet banking industry newsletter, two of India's state-owned banks are seeking branch banking authorities in Australia and a third plans to open a representative office. Bank of Baroda ...