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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... sharp gains made last week as hopes for a strong economic recovery offset a litany of bad news from Japan and the Middle East. Dealers said investors were looking ahead to US data, including the key jobs report due Friday, which many expect to confirm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... has declared a three-month state of emergency in a bid to quell protests, sparking fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East. European markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there were fears of runaway inflation and the consequent withdrawing of policy stimulus and lifting of interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... the year will spark a revival. Sentiment was already under pressure from violence in Libya and unrest in the wider Middle East and as this rumbles on, the outlook become even more uncertain. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 1.38 per ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... and those of its neighbours. Egypt's future remains uncertain as with the fate of other autocrats in Africa and the Middle East. The Tunisians' victory against Ben Ali, their president - toppled less than a month before - emboldened the Egyptians. The ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... double dip in the global economy, there are fears that the Israeli-Lebanese dogfight would engulf the whole of the Middle East. And you know what Middle East stands for, in three letters - O, I, L. Oh yeah! But this sensationalism of the Middle East ...

FPA loses chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has resigned - a decision that took the FPA by surprise. Bloch spent three years as chief executive at the FPA. During this time she led the revamp of its professionalism framework ...

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
And the race is on -- the race to zero interest rates. The way major central banks are going, benchmark target rates could hit the big fat 0 before Easter 2009. Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's 100 basis point interest rate reduction early ...

The long hot summer

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... more frequent, particularly in the south-west with a likely increase in evaporation rates, particularly in the north and east. High-fire-danger weather will probably increase in the south-east while tropical cyclones are likely to become more intense ...

ING lists healthcare property trust

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... based hospitals, including the Epworth Freemasons Hospital and the Epworth Freemasons Hospital and Medical Centre, both in East Melbourne. ING Real Estate Investment Management's CEO, Hugh Thomson, said the fund's mandate includes partnering healthcare ...