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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... there is some sort of military aspect to it which the market is always somewhat nervous about." Fears of a possible disruption to oil supplies in the Suez Canal saw Brent crude for May climbing to an intraday high of $US116.50, up $US1.60, Reuters reported. ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... that's the time to be pondering a contrarian position. You can take the short term view and see the devastation, the disruption to lives and businesses and the economy. Or you can see beyond these and anticipate the massive rebuilding and reconstruction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... importance as fourth-biggest trading partner, taking eight percent of the nation's exports. But the ASB Bank suggested disruption to New Zealand exports was likely to be limited, and pointed to a bright spot. "Forestry is New Zealand's second largest ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... boost to the economy due to the rebuilding that follows would more than compensate for this temporary weakness and disruption to business activity. The 7.2 magnitude "Great Hanshin Quake" - or Kobe earthquake - that hit Japan on 17 January 1995 provides ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Investors may love Wall Street more today than yesterday... but not as much as tomorrow. This was the conclusion you read on this space yesterday. And boy, investors surely loved much more today (yesterday's tomorrow). But lest I get accused on insider ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... and doomy when headlines are littered with bad news. There's geopolitical risk. Oil prices have spiked on worries of disruption to oil supplies because of the MidEast and North African political unrest. The outlook for global growth depends on how long ...

QIC donates $100k to flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... QIC lost access to its Brisbane CBD Head Office for almost two weeks due to floods but has pre-empted the business disruption by using its two disaster recovery sites in the region. The recovery sites allowed staff to continue operating through work ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Morningstar has rated the AMP Capital Australian Shares fund as 'avoid', citing instability in the investment team and high staff turnover as key reasons to the fund's rating. In a research note to advisers this morning, research house Morningstar said ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... treasury, and performance measurement. SimCorp supported CPPIB throughout the implementation process to ensure minimal disruption to the company's day-to-day operations. "As we strengthen our presence in Canada, we are very pleased to partner with an ...

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... release from ISS, the company maintains that it is well prepared for the handover so that local clients would suffer no disruption.