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BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... shrinking population and deindustrialised nature to its economy," he told the audience of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce 100-year centenary. "If we get a global price for carbon, and we have a carbon intensive generation sector companies ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted any which way that tickles your ...

Zenith expands research team

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... Markets, where he supervised a team within securities lending and international clearance operations. He has a degree in commerce from Monash University and is a level II CFA candidate. Zenith director and co-founder David Wright said the appointments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Tony D'Aloisio, addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. On Thursday, the Australian share market posted a second successive day of good gains with all sectors ...

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 ...