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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... January 21, 2011. In companies news, Wefsarmers chief executive Richard Goyder addresses an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Retailer Metcash Ltd holds its annual general meeting. In Perth, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett addresses ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... symposium held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on 27 August 2010. Wall Street stopped... listened... and rejoiced. Neither the US Commerce Department's slicing of its second quarter GDP growth estimate to 1.6 per cent from 2.4 per cent nor Intel's revenue warning ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... want to buy old houses with their own money. We saw this again last night. They don't want to buy new houses. The US Commerce Department reported that new home sales fell by 12.7 per cent in July to an annualised rate of 276,000 units - the lowest on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... governor Glenn Stevens delivers the 2010 Shann Memorial Lecture in Perth. In data releases, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry releases its small business survey for the June quarter, and the Melbourne Institute issues its Wages Report for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... Sydney, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel is to speak at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch. On Monday, the Australian share market closed in positive territory amid strong gains in the materials sector ...

Weak old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Weak. That's the only word to describe last night's economic data releases out of the America. US consumer no spend. The Commerce Department reported that personal spending showed no growth in June - lower than the expected gain of 0.1 per cent and follows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... retirement adequacy index in Sydney. Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder delivers a briefing at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event in Perth. The Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie concludes. On Tuesday, Australian ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Bernanke referring to when he made that now famous "unusually uncertain" economic outlook? Initial estimates by the US Commerce Department showed that USA Inc. grew at annualised 2.4 per cent in the June quarter. This is a little less than consensus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... showing a slowdown in the US economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell one per cent immediately after the Commerce Department reported that US economic growth declined to 2.4 per cent in the second quarter from a upwardly revised 3.7 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... release its second half results. Caltex Australia Ltd managing director Julian Segal will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia about "Fuelling a Brighter Future". The Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook summit continues in Sydney. The ...