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Seasons Greetings from Financial Standard

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, the Financial Standard team would like to thank you for your continued readership and support. We reached several milestones in 2011, namely the launch of the: * New-look Financial Standard newspaper * Financial Standard iPad ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... lowest levels seen in more than two years. NEW YORK - US online sales rose 33 per cent on the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a report by a sales tracking agency says. DALLAS - American Airlines' parent company AMR has filed for Chapter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... ploughed into now cheap markets. On the positive side, the markets cheered strong US retail sales after the Thanksgiving holiday. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies rose 2.87 per cent to 5,312.76 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 soared 5.46 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... concerned." Despite economic woes, Americans spent a record $US11.4 billion ($A11.75 billion) over the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend, according to estimates. Locally, retail stocks were higher, with Harvey Norman up 6.5 cents, or 3.3 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... 387.16 points, to 17,864.43 and Shanghai fell 0.73 per cent, or 17.56 points, to 2,395.07. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - Wellington rose 0.50 per cent, or 16.40 points, to 3,268.67.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... crisis. Traders say the focus will remain offshore on Friday. Wall Street was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving public holiday. On Wednesday, its last trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 236.17 points (2.05 per cent) on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... 0.25 per cent, at 4,115.3, the lowest since October 5. Wall Street was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving public holiday. On Wednesday, its last trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 236.17 points (2.05 per cent) on Wednesday to ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA. This means it's a trading holiday in the USA. This means that us, in the Asian time zone, would have to do make do without a GPS today. This means that we'll be running around like headless turkeys. And it doesn't help ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... 387.16 points, to 17,864.43 and Shanghai fell 0.73 per cent, or 17.56 points, to 2,395.07. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - Wellington rose 0.50 per cent, or 16.40 points, to 3,268.67.

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...