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Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
A correction is looming... and soon! Right on schedule Virginia, we're again hearing calls for a dip, a fall, a stumble, a correction on Wall Street straight after both the S&P 500's and the Dow's climb to fresh record highs last week, yet again. How ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed with the Standard and Poor's reaching another record but the Nasdaq falling. At 0810 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,417. ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Who said you can't teach new tricks to an old dog? So sowee, I'm not in any way calling dear Aunt Janet Yellen a dog and most certainly not old... it's just that it's the first thing that came to my fast thinning scalp when I was clicking over what ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a choppy night on Wall Street where stocks ended slightly higher as investors weighed the Iraq crisis ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy decision. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index ...