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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... homes and apartments in the US fell 12.8 per cent last month to the lowest pace on records going back a half-century, the Commerce Department said. Analysts had expected housing starts to rise. The report did contain some positive signs, including a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens will address a Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The RBA will release the minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers his post budget ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... night were indeed bad and gave the market reason to question whether the 'green shoots' were beginning to decay. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 0.4 per cent in April, down 10.1 per cent from a year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... releases its fourth quarter results. Woolworths Ltd chief executive, Michael Luscombe, addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "Readying for the Recovery". On Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 21.1 points, or 0.54 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... to replace Sol Trujillo. In Melbourne, Mirvac Group managing director Nick Collishaw addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. Telecom Corp of NZ Ltd and New Zealand-based retailer The Warehouse Group release third quarter results. On ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... Germany - with a local deal likely in the next 12 months. In 2001, paybox Austria (now a part of Sybase) launched a mobile commerce offering in Austria starting with one financial institution and one telecom operator, Vodafone. The public liked it so ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "The Shell Companies in Australia". IBA Health Group Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... Ambition Group Ltd hold annual general meetings. Network Ten chief executive Grant Blackley addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia business briefing in Melbourne. The Australian share market closed higher on Thursday after a strong lead ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... all this amid news that the US economy sank deeper into the recessionary hole in the first quarter of this year. The US Commerce Department's first estimate of US real GDP showed the economy contracted at annualised rate of 6.1 per cent in the period ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... report on the US economy and were encouraged by a Federal Reserve statement that the pace of contraction was easing. The Commerce Department's first estimate of first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) showed the world's largest economy contracted ...