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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks have edged higher despite new Russian sanctions against the West and amid disappointing news that major potential media and telecom mergers fizzled. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 13.87 points (0.08 per cent) to ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... College of Physicians said often workplace injuries are just the beginning of health problems, and that joblessness was a major health hazard. "There's a piece of research - that has never been validated - that says the risks of being out of work for ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... we start seeing some lower levels for equities, maybe, this might tempt investors to get back into the market." All the major resource stocks started the day in the red with BHP down 10 cents at $37.91, Rio Tinto 30 cents lower at $65.03 and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Association (HIA) releases its trades report for the June quarter. The Diggers and Dealers conference is on in Kalgoorlie, WA. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday fell for a third consecutive trading day despite the ...

Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... believe the affordable price point for the residential lots, together with its proximity to the Melbourne CBD, access to major freeways and the new Regional Rail Link, and the major employment zones in the western corridor should underpin the demand ...

Consumer awareness of vertical integration plummets

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... 21% though CBA branded planners were independent, while 14% thought so this year. This trend is consistent across other major institutions. Last year, 48% of NAB-owned Godfrey Pembroke clients thought the firm was independent, with the number increasing ...

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Standard the initiative was part of a general move to leverage the relationship between the bank and industry funds following a major overhaul of its banking platform. "We've just deployed a complete $70 million banking platform in early July. We threw ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Ho-hum. It's now so predictable that it's become so triple ho-hum boring. Yes folks, "Chumbawamba" still rules on Wall Street - it gets knocked down but it gets up again, nothing's ever going to keep it down. Only yesterday, I listed the list of crises ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... bid to enter the Las Vegas casino market through the purchase of a site on the famous Strip. The big four banks and the major miners were all down, while consumer staples and the property stocks bucked the trend to be the only sectors, apart from gold ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... advertisements series for July is due out as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, also for July. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday retreated on the eve of Australia's company earnings season. ...