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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... "There is ongoing concern about company earnings," Mr Russell said. "The impact of a few corporate disasters like ABC Learning and Allco are still weighing on the market." Mining giant BHP Billiton fell 42 cents, or 1.46 per cent, to $28.38 while its ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Money Starter includes a variety of innovative classroom materials, activities and multimedia elements designed to make learning about financial services relevant and attractive to teenagers," D'Aloisio said. Currently around 80 per cent of young Australians ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... markets as those countries provide "hope" to the global financial sector. "We are part of the global community, we are learning and we are aware. We are taking proactive measures to continue our growth, we will continue to manage and assess our strategies ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... the benchmark], when [it] is being driven by companies like Babcock and Brown, Centro Properties, Credit Corp and ABC Learning, which don't meet your governance or investment criteria." Some time ago, Fiani sold its GPT Group shares after the GPT Group ...

AFA pilot course a success

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... program reaffirmed the importance of blending academic rigour with practical experience when achieving the most productive learning outcomes. "The AFA has a very clear vision for the future of education for advisers and they share our PS146 passion and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... while takeover target Rio Tinto was 12 cents lower at $126.38. In other local news, struggling childcare operator ABC Learning Centres said it still could not release its full-year results. "The work currently being performed to finalise the full-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... and Billabong International. Interim results are due from Caltex Australia Ltd. The market awaits a statement from ABC Learning, which yesterday requested a trading halt on its shares pending an announcement. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed ...

Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... the stock markets are becoming increasingly exposed a range of ESG impacts," said O'Halloran. "We need a world class learning centre which can be accessible and flexible and take the lead on the world's best practice, a place organisations can send their ...

Record intake for MLC adviser program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... said Ramsay. Indeed, Virginia Heyer, principal at Chatswood Financial Planning, said the program provided a accelerated learning opportunity for one of its up and coming financial planners. "The scholarship program is also helping to counter the difficulties ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... it with Chinese tradition to formulated our own rules. They are picking the brains of the best people in the world and learning," he said. China's economic and subsequent infrastructural growth may have caught the attention of the world's largest investment ...