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Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... Australian Sex Party or the Smokers' Rights Party...or perhaps, I'll give the Coke in the Bubblers Party a tick at this coming Saturday's Federal polls. The 'numbers' refer to the Australian economy's growth rate in the second quarter.A The Australian ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... meeting yesterday. Too soon to cut rates again after cutting it only last month or it doesn't want to influence this coming Saturday's elections.A Some 'experts' say the RBA is finished cutting rates - it didn't mention in its statement that the inflation ...

The Trust Company to consider IOOF offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Perpetual three business days to match the offer. The board of The Trust Company is also expected to give a response before Saturday. IOOF is offering 0.74 IOOF shares per Trust share or guaranteed minimum cash consideration as well as a special dividend ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Sydney advanced 1.03 per cent, or 53.3 points, to 5,188.3 but Seoul was flat, edging down 1.55 points to 1,924.81. Data on Saturday showed China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing hit 51.0 last month, up from 50.3 in July and ...

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... during the morning. Trading conditions were quiet as market players waited for Chinese economic data due to be released on Saturday, RBS Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker said. "The market seems really to be sitting on its hands ahead of the ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... might be wrong. Guess we'll just have to find out straight from the horse's mouth when dear Uncle Ben speaks this coming Saturday. Still, it doesn't follow that because the Fed is headed for the exits, stock markets will necessarily follow. Not when ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... higher at 2,079.27. Recent indications that the Chinese economy is emerging from a drawn-out slumber were reinforced on Saturday when figures showed exports rose 11.6 per cent year-on-year in October, following a near 10 per cent jump in September. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 7.59 points, to 1,912.71 but Tokyo slipped 0.63 per cent, or 56.02 points, to 8,783.89 Fears over growth in China on Saturday were stoked when the official purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low of 49.2 in ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial announced its status as a cornerstone investor in the first two office towers on Saturday, investing $250 million. Both Telstra Super and First State Super are existing investors in APPF Commercial and their $250 ...