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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
... AEDT the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton was eight cents lower at $27.72 and Rio Tinto had declined 16 cents to $74.68. "Banks are a little bit mixed, I think from a lack of direction. There's not much of a lead to build on from the (United) States," ...

Less internet banking fraud at ANZ

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... reinforcing aspects of its recent paid media strategy that play up similar themes in respect of reducing credit card fraud. Other banks in Australia, so far, haven't made a competitive issue of internet banking fraud. Westpac's co-operative initiative ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... 5,799.6. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost the shares of investment banks, and strong earnings from US retailers on strong monthly sales allayed worries about the health of the US economy. The Dow ...

BankWest launches online international trade system

... factor authentification process," he added. Favaloro said that the new system is a step up from existing processes where some banks still use snail-pace modems to handle transactions or have a "front end system" but with staff re-keying transactions ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... 2,386.95. LONDON - Britain's top share index bounced back from the global equity sell-off to end up 1.3 per cent, helped by banks and commodity stocks that were lifted by rising raw material prices. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,138.5 points, up 79.8 or 1.32 ...

China funds under pressure?

... manage the country's unprecedented growth by hiking up the cost of capital (through higher interest rates) and lowering risk (banks ordered to increase reserves and limit lending for share investments). The question is, what does the Chinese Government's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
... was down about 0.17 percent. LONDON - Britain's top share index tumbled more than 2 per cent amid a global sell-off, with banks and miners worst hit, after a drop in China's main index spooked investors. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,286.1 points, down 148.6 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... records yesterday, as investors shrugged off a weak lead from Wall Street and welcomed good earnings reports. The major banks led the bourse forward, outweighing weakness among the heavyweight mining stocks. At yesterday's close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... but they have been a mixed bag," he said. "Gold is up and so is oil. Copper was also strong as well. On top of that the banks are strong." On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 48.23 points to 12,738.41 as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... Britain's FTSE 100 share index slipped, as weaker commodity prices pulled down oil and mining shares, offsetting gains by banks and drugmaker Shire, which unveiled an acquisition. The FTSE 100 ended down 32.1 points, at 6412.3. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ...