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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Thursday there was a 50 per cent chance it will downgrade the government's triple-A rating within three months because of the impasse. Moody's made a similar warning on Wednesday. Even so, there has been little visible progress in negotiations between ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Hong Kong closed down more than three per cent as traders fretted over European sovereign debt as well as the US budget impasse. The benchmark Hang Seng Index shed 3.06 per cent, or 684.07 points to 21,663.16. WELLINGTON - New Zealand's market couldn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... British broadcaster BSkyB. The European crisis sent US bond prices higher -- despite the continued debt-and-deficit talks impasse in Washington, now just three weeks before the country could be forced to into default. The yield on the 10-year Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Central Bank which opposes any restructuring of its obligations and politicians hoping to find some way out of a dangerous impasse. Dealers said Wednesday's gains, like Tuesday's, were only a modest technical rebound after recent sustained losses, especially ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Treasurer Wayne Swan's banking reform is also a warning of what could be in store for superannuation. Yesterday the Treasurer released his long awaited reform package and while it wasn't aimed at super funds and wealth managers, if some of the key consumer ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... under a hung Parliament. Ferguson's comments on super are the first from a senior government minister since the election impasse was resolved earlier this month. "We definitely want to see super stay on the agenda of the parliament and we want to see ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... anything that didn't have either the full support of the cross-benches or partial support from the Opposition. It is this impasse that explains why the government has flagged 2012 as the time it will reintroduce its growing list of blocked proposed major ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... don't like it. But I think it has to happen," he told ABC reporters yesterday. To negotiate the political and legislative impasse, momentum is growing that Paulson will have to dramatically modify the propsal and outline a series of measures that will ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... Markets analyst David Land said the big banks were counterbalancing weakness in the resources sector. "It's a bit of an impasse... with a little bit of negative weight really on the resources sector generally, with both BHP (Billiton) and Rio both a ...

NAB foreign exchange options desk back in business

... fictitious trades with chief executive and managing director Frank Cicutto also resigning over the losses. A major board impasse, which resulted in the resignation of a number of high-profile directors including Catherine Walter, also followed. Late ...