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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is likely to decline after European equities and the price of oil fell in electronic trading overnight. At 0755 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 14 points at 3,535. ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...

Hunter Hall donates $1.32m to charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Ethical fund manager Hunter Hall gave $1.32 million to charity this year and will keep supporting charities next year, defying other businesses that have taken philanthropy out of their budget because of bad markets. In 2001, the fund manager set up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US shares fell as negative corporate news reminded investors that the global economy's troubles won't ease soon. At 0828 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after US stocks fell overnight. At 0703 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 46 points at 3,650. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Good news at last for AIG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
At last some good news for AIG Life Australia with the company announcing a major upgrade of their insurance suite while also coming runner-up in the CoreData Life Company of the Year awards. The firm's Priority Protection insurance suite is receiving ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial market trading activity in October ended as it began - with so much volatility. Investors' consensus interpretation of economic reports, government announcements and central bank decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open in negative territory today as US Stocks fell in late trading. At 0752 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 126 points at 4,211. In economic news ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
'Rome was not built in a day.' Wall Street's behaviour over the past few days reflects the GenXers and GenYers culture of instant gratification. Flick a switch and dinner is cooked, the music plays, moving images play on the screen. Click on the mouse ...