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Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... good news and bad news last night. First the bad news. The techs did it. Akamai Technologies reported better-than-expected top line revenue growth, its profits came in as forecasts, but its earnings guidance for the third quarter disappointed. It was ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... possibility of lower global growth," he said. As a result, the team at Fidelity are targeting companies that are able to deliver top line or revenue growth forecasts. "The reason why people are focusing on top line growth is that there's the potential ...

Overseas pensions shine in communications

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... key concepts. The report suggests super funds personalise everything possible, for example include the members name at the top of the email or information sheet to engage them. The report also found fund members don't want general information about finance ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Don't bet your house on new home sales... at least, not yet! Wall Street is all a-flutter with welcomed news about the reported 23.6 per cent increase in new home sales to an annualised 330,000 units in June from the previous month. And what was last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... from the US corporate earnings front. As many companies lived up to expectations of higher-than-expected profits, FedEx, a top US package-shipping company and economic belwether, boosted its first quarter and full-year earnings forecast. Of the 175 S&P ...

ASFA Awards recognise top comms strategies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
This year super funds created some of the best and brightest communication strategies to come out of the industry in recent years, with the aim of reaching out to members without the super mumbo-jumbo. More than 150 attendees, mostly senior marketing ...

Responsible investing begins at home

PRI RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... sustainability from being permanently embedded into global business activity." The survey contacted more than 750 chief executives and top executives and conducted 50 face-to-face interviews with business executives.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street on Friday. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 40 points at 4,476 points, on volume of 3,136 contracts. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer commodities prices during the offshore session. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 64 ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... announcements last night? Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Apple -- among others -- topped market expectations for both bottom line and top line earnings for the second quarter. Bloomberg reckons that 83 per cent of the companies that have reported so ...