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Morning market wrap: Dow Jones ends losing streak

Shares in the US picked up 25.07 points on the Dow Jones index after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan indicated to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee that it would "not be unreasonable" to expect a pick-up in economic growth. Shares ...

Morning market wrap: Terror alert unnerves Wall St

... 95.47 from 95.38. The Australian bond market and US treasuries will wait to hear the views of US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan tonight, amid deflation fears and talk of radical policy measures for the US economy. Dr Greenspan is expected ...

Economists welcome Government "backflip" on CGS

... value of $40 billion, although this could mean the market would be less liquid in the future. National Bank's chief economist Alan Oster also said the Government decision to maintain the CGS market following a public review was a welcome outcome. He ...

Income tax Budget gets mixed reaction

... been quarantined and the promise delivered," Smith said. "Once again the Federal Budget is largely about politics," said Alan Oster, chief economist at the National Bank of Australia. "The days of large surpluses in good times to provide insurance for ...

Court freezes assets of Queensland property group

... various Gold Coast property developments. ASIC alleges First Foundation Developments and its directors David Kennedy and Robert Alan L'Hoir have not lodged a disclosure document with ASIC as is required under the Corporations Act, have not registered ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

... dampened market sentiment. But this was balanced by a relatively upbeat assessment of conditions by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to the Committee on Financial Services, US House of Representatives. "As I indicated when I met with you earlier ...

Agribusiness confidence up as drought abates: NAB

... - to be only slightly below expectations of 25 points for the non-farm business sector as a whole. NAB's chief economist Alan Oster highlighted the fact that despite the difficult conditions faced by agribusiness in the past year, some industries have ...

ACCC to block Qantas-Air New Zealand deal

... of the market. Passengers will be denied choice and increased air fares will be inevitable," said ACCC chairman Professor Alan Fels. Fels also dismissed fears that Air New Zealand would be uncompetitive of the proposed alliance did not take place. "Air ...

Business confidence index rises in March: National

... activity, according to National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for March released today. National's chief economist Alan Oster said the March picture was indicating "steady as she goes" sentiment in Australia and did not mirror the "rattling" ...

Survey confirms fall in business confidence for February

... the employment sector, according to the National Australia Bank's (NAB) monthly business survey for February. According to Alan Oster, chief economist at NAB, the evidence of the survey revealed that there is a broad-based slowing in the domestic non-farm ...