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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open lower on a weak lead from Wall St. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEST, the September share price index contract was down seven points to 4,895. Today, Leighton Holdings, Bendigo Bank and United Group will ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Continued good jobs growth of 150,000 over the last quarter, the second most healthy increase on record, caused overall employment to fall to 4.8 per cent, the lowest level since 1976. Employment rose by 50,700 in July - 27,100 were full-time jobs and ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The share market is expected open lower following significant falls on Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 47 points at 4,903. Today, Telstra Corporation, Futuris Group and Investa Property ...

Past performance is misleading advertising: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investment funds about using past performance as part of advertising or promotional material, singling out a recent advertising campaign by BT Financial Group. In issuing its warning ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Bluestone Equity Release has launched a new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

St.George buys HSBC's margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
St.George Bank yesterday acquired the margin lending business of HSBC Bank Australia. HSBC margin loan clients will become St.George customers effective immediately and the total transition is expected to be completed by mid-September. The HSBC margin ...

Options broker guilty of large scale forgery

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
A former Bell Potter Securities options adviser and stockbroker has entered a guilty plea to 27 charges of forgery. South Australian resident Neville Kakoschke entered a guilty plea to the 27 forgery charges brought by the Australian Securities and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker, following a surprise lift in rates by the Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB). On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 11 points ...