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Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... heavier hit on Greek debt. Milan was lower for much of the day but finished with a gain of 0.72 per cent as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi readied an emergency cabinet meeting to review new austerity measures demanded by EU leaders. The euro ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... about 7,000 passengers expected to have their travel plans disrupted. Its shares fell half a cent to $1.56, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the government had powers under the Fair Work Act to intervene in the dispute if it began to impact ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan, addressed the forum to discuss the Government's plans to increase the tax-free threshold to at least $21,000 ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... then what? At this point, I'm not ashamed to admit that I haven't got a clue. But I tend to agree with former UK prime minister and former finance minister Gordon Brown that, "a far larger rescue fund -- two, perhaps three trillion euros -- is needed ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... Minister of the Year" sits in Canberra. The A-dollar has fallen below parity with the US dollar. Australian deputy prime minister and federal treasurer Wayne Swan had been awarded the top gong by finance magazine Euromoney. In its press release, Euromoney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says keeping politicians out of an inquiry into the media is the right thing to do. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of conspiring with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Angela Merkel voiced confidence on Wednesday that Greece would remain in the eurozone, after speaking to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou via teleconference. Barroso also boosted hopes for European unity after announcing that he would soon present ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... budget. Adjusted for relative population size, president Obama's US$300 billion jobs package would be equivalent to prime minister Julia Gillard announcing a program worth $20 billion. That's half the value of the entire NBN, half the value of our age ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... Frankfurt the DAX dropped 1.0 per cent to 5,193.97 points. Milan dropped 1.98 per cent, unimpressed by moves by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government to reinforce its austerity proposals. Brussels fell 0.36 per cent, Amsterdam slid 0.41 per cent ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...