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Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... thrill in the unfolding Arabian Nights saga that has already claimed the scalps of Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. People power fever is spreading across the deserts of Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya and Yemen and is now threatening to ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... (less than half a per cent). This shouldn't happen! Fears that the popular revolt that sent Tunisia's President Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak packing could expand to more countries in Africa and the Middle East are becoming reality. But it is the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Business Circle in Auckland. On Monday, the Australian share market closed at a fresh 10-month high as political tensions in Egypt eased and investors regained some appetite for risk. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 54.9 points, or 1.12 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Easing of political tensions in Egypt has seen risk appetite return to the Australian share market, which was up one per cent at noon. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.7 points, or one per cent, at 4,929.6, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... was moderately weaker as investors took profits after digesting mixed earnings results and the impact of civil unrest in Egypt. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index edged 33.5 points, or 0.68 per cent, lower at 4,880.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... share market was slightly lower in morning trade on Friday, with Telstra one of the few bright spots as civil unrest in Egypt continued to dampen investor sentiment. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.3 points, or 0.23 per cent ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
What's this? More good news out of America and yet Wall Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... first time the All Ordinaries closed above 5,000 points since April 16, 2010. NEW YORK - US stocks closed flat Thursday as Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak told protesters he would not resign, dashing their hopes he was stepping down. The Dow ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011