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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... the company reported record production in the December quarter and said it expected higher production in 2012. Among the major banks, Westpac was 12 cents lower at $20.56, ANZ shed four cents to $20.85, National Australia Bank was off four cents at $23.84 ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... "correct 75% of the time" basket, it's gonna be a good year. With only seven trading days to go before January's done, most major equity markets are up... some even big time. The S&P 500 index is up 4.6% so far this year with the Nasdaq gaining a whopping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... to plunge eight per cent, pulling down the Nasdaq. The Nasdaq fell 1.63 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 2,786.70. All three major indexes still ended the week with gains of two per cent or more. The S&P 500 has closed higher on 11 of the past 13 days and ...

Demand for term deposits on the rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Risk appetites are resulting in increased demand for the stable returns of term deposits within super and pension portfolios, according to MLC. The MLC MasterKey Fundamentals platform has today reported nearly $400 million in funds under administration ...

Intersuisse pursue Austock Securities

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... and the Gold Coast. Austock Securities and some of the overall group staff would be employed under the new entity, and any major contracts transferred to Intersuisse. It's also planned that the merged securities business would then be rebranded to "reflect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Street's positive lead. At 0756 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 4,225. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday ended flat after disappointing jobs ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... pushed down stock markets, while capital flows to developing countries have fallen sharply". It also noted that growth in major developing countries such as Brazil and India and slowed "significantly" due to policy tightening "in order to combat rising ...

FINRA relaxes social media controls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... media to large numbers of retail clients and non-clients about work issues without filing all activities, eliminating a major deterrent for advisers. In practical terms, social media forums such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs could potentially be a free ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... cent to $4.91. One of the top performers of the day was Lynas Corporation after it raised the estimated resources at its major Mount Weld project in Western Australia by 37 per cent from its previous estimate. Shares added 5.4 per cent on the news. Retailers ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... cannot be justified. Reports today claim thousands of bank jobs could be on the line over the next two years as part of major cost cutting plans. At the end of last week ANZ confirmed that it would be slashing numbers, with union officials predicting ...