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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... slipped 0.92 per cent on Tuesday as worries over General Motors spurred investors to lock in profits on auto shares, while banks rose on upbeat results from US financial stocks. The Nikkei-225 index fell 81.75 points to 8,842.68. HONG KONG - The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... put on 78 cents, or 3.57 per cent, to $22.63 and Westpac was up 62 cents, or 3.1 per cent, at $20.62. Mr Smith said local banks made gains after Goldman Sachs posted a better-than-expected first quarter earnings of $US1.81 billion and said it would raise ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... twice market expectations - provided the cream. And the cherry on top of the cream? The New York Times reported that large banks are passing the US government's stress tests indicating that the financial system are healthier than most fear. Two things ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... buoyed by positive corporate and economic news from the US, including an upbeat statement from Wells Fargo, which lifted banks. The London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 58.19 points, or 1.48 per cent, to 3,983.71 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's ...

APRA not interested in exec pay levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... shareholders. Trowbridge said investors also need to understand that APRA can only influence entities they regulate, being banks, building societies, credit unions, insurance companies and friendly societies, and superannuation fund trustees.

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... reported the big losses in its books. But isn't this what international institutions and national governments and central banks are trying to address? After having thrown in trillions of dollars to salvage the world financial system, does anybody think ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
The Australian share market was nearly 1.5 per cent lower at noon, with banks and the mining giant BHP Billiton posting falls after a drop on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 55.2 points to 3651.1, a fall of 1.49 ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... eye is still on the ball. Not happy Glenn. But it appears that the RBA's cut was not deep enough for Australia's biggest banks going by NAB's decision to pocket the change (in interest rates) and the CBA opting to short change its mortgage customers. ...

Aviva offers insurance relief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... manager - protection. The new facility comes hot on the tail of an agreement between the Federal Government and the four big banks to offer mortgage relief to those who have been forced out of work because of the market downturn.

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... know. That's why we have been selling stocks for as long as we could remember. That's why national governments and central banks of all shapes and sizes are busily working to re-capitalise capitalism. International agencies to boot. I just wonder what ...