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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... market is slightly lower in early trading as investors await a key economic meeting and the release of data in the United States later this week. "We're looking at a fairly cautious trading day ahead of some key market events coming up over the next ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... $US1.3186 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as unexpectedly weak housing data from the United States increased the likelihood the Federal Reserve would keep its stimulus program in place for some time. Hong Kong and Shanghai ...

Numbers don't add up at McDonald's financial planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... that on a "First Job" an employee would earn US$1,105, which is what a McDonald's worker earns on average in the United States working 40 hours a week. However, the sample budget that McDonald's put together with Visa considers it is impossible to cover ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ...I have seen the light! Reverend Cleophus James: Praise God! Elwood: And God bless the United States of America! -Blues Brothers God bless the US of A indeed! After almost two months of skittishness, financial markets have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose with sentiment buoyed by more impressive jobs data from the United States but Tokyo struggled after the US dollar fell back below the 100 yen mark in New York. Tokyo slipped 0.26 per cent, or 36.63 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened significantly higher as positive manufacturing data out of the United States and Europe improved investor confidence. The market is more than 1.5 per cent higher, almost regaining all of Monday's losses in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Australia, the market on Tuesday fell as investors nervously waited for an update on economic stimulus measures in the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4,814.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... G8 seeing that the worst is over for the global economy, or the trade deal currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union, or reports of another Labor leadership broil in Australia or even the viral video of Russian President ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... to begin the week, reflecting mixed offshore leads during the long weekend for the Queen's Birthday holiday. The United States market dropped overnight but had posted gains on Friday, RBS Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said. "A ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... undertaken at nuclear bases have increased as part of recent programmes to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. New Zealand Super had already excluded publicly listed nuclear base operator Lockheed Martin. The ...