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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was firmer to noon as higher metals prices buoyed local resource stocks. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had added 15.7 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 4,609.1. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 16.7 points ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The hung parliament is all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from European trading overnight, but the most powerful influence on the day's trade, Wall Street, was closed for Thanksgiving. On the ASX24 at 0701 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian share market opened 0.4 per cent higher, pushed up by materials and financials stocks after a positive lead from Wall Street. By 1015 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 19.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 4,603.8, while the broaker ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving overwhelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0727 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 42 points higher at 4,628. In economics news, the Australian Bureau of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as investors worried about debt issues in Europe and tensions on the Korean peninsula. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 23.1 points, or 0.50 per cent, at 4,566.0, while the broader All ...

IOOF consolidates platforms

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
IOOF is going through another round of rationalisation within its platforms, systems and other services, following its acquisition of Skandia Australia and merger with AWM. Following the rationalisation, IOOF will make fewer system changes, have fewer ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...