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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street as investors remained positive about the prospects of economic recovery. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 46 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... dropped 145.21 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 10,238.2. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares were dragged lower by heavyweight China Mobile after it posted weaker-than-expected results for the first half. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 129.84 points, or 0.64 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed up 1.97 per cent on Thursday, supported by gains in heavyweights HSBC and China Mobile. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 404.47 points to 20,899.24. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market took another breather ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... "Gen Y-ers are the most connected generation of our time...to the point that voice has taken a back seat and they're using mobile networks to exchange video and text based information," he said. "Video channels are important because Australia is consuming ...

Smartphones and 3Gs boost fin services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... online financial services usage is now between 'apps' and browsers among smartphones and 3G users. A new survey called Mobile Financial Services: The Market Today & Opportunities for Tomorrow by comScore noted that a large number of mobile users access ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... signs of life on Wall Street and solid gains in Australia. A hefty fall in top stock Telecom following announcements on mobile regulation by the Commerce Commission kept the market in check for much of the day. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 20.99 ...

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... oil giant Petrobras topped the list of individual company holdings followed by Samsung Electronics in South Korea, China Mobile and Taiwan Semiconductor. While Brazil and South Africa were identified for their good work on ESG, survey participants said ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Technology firm Sybase is hoping to pioneer the mass take-up of mobile phone banking in Australia following its successful roll-out of the same technology in Austria and Germany - with a local deal likely in the next 12 months. In 2001, paybox Austria ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after investors in the US and Europe turned cautious on the impact of swine flu. US stocks fell slightly while European and Asian markets recorded modest gains. At 0733 AEST, on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... per cent, or 26.21 points, to 7,945.96. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 2.26 per cent lower on Friday, as China Mobile and Chinese financial stocks dragged down the main bourse. The benchmark Hang Seng Index slumped 297.41 to 12,833.51 points. ...