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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... as commodities and consumer staples, amid concerns about high fuel prices eroding consumer spending and cutting into corporate earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 65.89 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 12,695.92. The S&P 500 added 6.57, or 0.5 ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... And it goes along the lines of higher commodity prices mean global growth is strong. Strong global growth means better corporate profits. Better corporate profits mean equity market gains. Take away the in-betweeners and we get, higher commodity prices ...

Bans hit bad planners: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... authorised representative for Bridges Financial Services in 2007. The firm soon became suspicious and reported him to the corporate watchdog. ASIC banned Brown from providing financial services for life in December 2009 after investigating. Brown appeared ...

Budget tweak to SMSF rules

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... superannuation funds had been fixed. Until now, children were unable to have a parent or guardian act in their place as a corporate trustee in a self-managed fund (SMSF) They could only act as individual trustees. But the Budget announced that this would ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon as resources stocks fell following a drop in commodity prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 71.2 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 4,709 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... share price of Telecom helped propel the NZ sharemarket higher on a day other markets posted gains. There was also a corporate play to provide interest with DNZ Property Fund revealing it has approached Argosy Property Trust with a "merger" plan under ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... allocated nearly $80 million to regulators including the tax office, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and corporate watchdog ASIC to implement aspects of the Stronger Super reforms. The reforms include a new administrative penalty framework ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... which shed 0.58 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose on Tuesday as a huge Chinese trade surplus and upbeat corporate news in Japan boosted sentiment, but European debt fears weighed after a downgrade of Greece's credit rating. The Nikkei closed ...

ASX fines broker for bad behaviour

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... brokers for breaches of the rules made before August 1, 2010. Offences committed after this date are being dealt with by corporate watchdog ASIC.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 12.8 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,816.1 points. NEW YORK - The biggest corporate hiring spree in five years ended a weeklong slide in the US stock market on Friday. The Labor Department reported private ...