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Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite fell 10.94 points (0.35 per cent) to 3,142.72. Before the opening bell, the Commerce Department reported the US economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in the 2012 fourth quarter. Hours later, the Federal Reserve ...

Ken Henry to join ASX board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... vote on his appointment at the company's annual general meeting later this year. Henry served as the secretary of the Department of the Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He is also a director of National Australia Bank and chairman of the Institute of Public ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... with the company for a very long time. He started at the company in 1991 and he has been in control of their iron ore department for a very long time and has done very well under tricky and trying conditions." Mr Lucas said improved employment and housing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... offset by a US government report that weekly applications for unemployment benefits ticked up last week. The Labor Department said applications rose 4,000 to 371,000, the most in five weeks. The previous week's total was revised lower. Ford was among ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... applications for unemployment benefits. Applications fell 29,000 last week to 343,000, the second-lowest this year, the Labor Department reported. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell as investors digested more US Federal Reserve monetary easing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... as it seeks a bigger share of the lucrative New York-to-London travel market. AIG also gained after the US Treasury Department said it had sold the rest of its stake in the insurer. AIG was bailed out by the government after nearly collapsing during ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... almost halved to 4.6%, noted Toll in the Reuters share price analysis. Confirming the sentiment shift, analysis of US Department of Commerce housing figures by the Economist magazine show that while new housing starts year on year spiked in October to ...

Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... American fund manager and another Australian superannuation fund. He has also been an economist with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Judd will oversee the implementation of the fund's investment strategies at Energy Super. Previously Russell-Clarke ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Until they reach an agreement, however, the stock market will likely be hostage to news out of Washington. The US Labor Department said unemployment benefits applications dropped 25,000 last week to 370,000, a level consistent with modest hiring. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... US back into recession with a significant knock-on impact on the global economy. Making news domestically on Monday, department store chain David Jones said sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 rose 0.3 per cent to $415.6 million, ending seven straight ...