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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... points, or 1.89 per cent, to 4,925.4, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 89.3 points, or 1.77 per cent, to 4,960.8. The Sydney Futures Exchange's December Share Price Index (SPI) contract was off 52 points to 4,979, on volume of 19,405 contracts. ...

Nomura absorbs Lehman Bros Australia

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... more than 10,000 Lehman Brothers' employees were offered employment with the firm. But the transition has hit a snag. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Lehman Brothers in Europe is planning to recoup more than $10 billion of its own funds which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... markets as doubts intensified over the US government's $US700 billion bailout of the banking sector. At 0744 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's December Share Price Index contract was down 111 points at 4,920. In news today, Woolworths chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... cent higher at 5000.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 189.9 points, or 3.92 per cent to 5030.6. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 249 points higher at 5044, on a volume of 33,537 contracts. The ...

Fund manager sentenced

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Sydney based Gregory Nathan has been sentenced to seven years in prison following an Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation that found he had acted dishonestly and gambled investors money. ASIC found Nathan operated an unregistered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... investors returned to the market on the back of a US Treasury plan to restore calm to the financial system. At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's December Share Price Index contract was 133 points higher at 4,928. In news today, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... you buy a gold physical future or an equity, you are having a punt; you are not investing." At 1241 AEST, spot gold in Sydney was trading at $US845.40 an ounce, down $US10.50 on yesterday's local close of $US855.90. Newcrest Mining gained 67 cents, or ...

AMP planning school broadens intake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... program is structured to ensure recruits are not away from home for too long. The program consists of six weeks training in Sydney, a two-week internship at their local AMP practice and six weeks of training again, in Sydney. Recruits are paid an allowance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... shooting higher on reports the federal government may create an entity that will take over banks' bad debt. At 0738 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's December Share Price Index contract was 126 points higher at 4,793. In news today, National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... crashing more than four per cent overnight. Oil, gold and silver rebounded as investors sought safe havens. At 0716 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September Share Price Index contract was 153 points lower at 4,578. In news today, the Australian ...