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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... tax rebate check in a move designed to stimulate the economy. Wall St was also boosted by a solid earnings result from mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm Inc and data showing a fall in applications for unemployment benefits. According to latest data, the ...

Govt urges auto-rolling of $9.7bn lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... super problem once and for all," said Fawcett. The rise of unclaimed super accounts partly stems from the increasingly mobile workforce, with many people holding several super accounts from ex-employees which they have not rolled over or transferred ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... of Age Day. The markets will reopen on Tuesday. On Friday, the Nikkei closed at 14,110.79. HONG KONG - Stocks fell with mobile phone maker Foxconn, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and shipping stocks hard hit by worries over a possible US economic ...

Internet threat gets mobile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... consultants and executives that travel the world could be exposing their laptops and their companies to viruses by using mobile hardware devices. "By using USB sticks and other external drives we are exposing the company to possible information leakage ...

Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... developed world exchanges have introduced. "We introduced T+2 trading in 2002 and investors can even trade shares using their mobile phone," said Rajnikant Patel, managing director and chairman of the BSE. Patel said the BSE has been so innovative because ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... Nikkei rose 372.93 points to 15,499.56. HONG KONG - Blue chips jumped 4.90 per cent, boosted by Wall Street gains, as China Mobile surged after the wireless operator said it is talking to Apple Inc about offering iPhones in China. The benchmark Hang ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... was up 87.87 points, or 3.40 per cent, at 2,671.71. LONDON - UK stocks finished slightly higher as strong results boosted mobile phone giant Vodafone Group and banks recovered. The FTSE 100 lifted 24.5 points to 6,362.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... ($A272.05 billion) takeover bid for Rio Tinto. If successful, the bid could be the second largest the world has seen, after mobile phone giant Vodafone's purchase of Mannesmann in 2000, and would create a $US360 billion ($A388.04 billion) company -- ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... exporters in thin trading. The Nikkei gained 12.11 points to 16,450.58. HONG KONG - Stocks surged 3.5 per cent led by China Mobile, which posted stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings. The Hang Seng Index jumped 1,003.23 points to 29,376.86. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... October 1. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose 1.2 per cent, as investors saw opportunities in large-caps such as China Mobile that had declined following the market's record run. The Hang Seng Index rose 344.16 points to end at 29,298.71. WELLINGTON ...