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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by financials and the prospect of another interest rate cut in the United States later tonight. The Dow Jones industrial average made a late comeback overnight, which also bolstered the local bourse. ...

SMSFs on govt watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) conference, Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the government would be keeping a close eye on aggressive marketing campaigns targeting ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... record oil prices which now seem stuck well above US$100 a barrel. The report by Sensis also found that what Australians worry about can change rapidly as while economic issues account for two out of three of our top concerns this quarter, last quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... Major indices tumbled 2 per cent in a broad-based decline. But banks and other financial services stocks lost heavily on worry that the service-sector slowdown portrayed in the Institute for Supply Management data would crimp demand for loans and capital ...

Deadly Trojan targets 400 banks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... computer and the bank," said John McDonald, senior securities response manager at Symantec. "Although that's not new, it's a worry because of what it can do, which is basically diverting users' funds when they connect to their bank account to make transfers ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most obvious thing is we no longer have to worry about creating jobs, the challenge is now boosting workforce participation to unearth new sources of labour that we may ...

APRA audit adds to bottomline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... regulators, but if done correctly could add value to the business. "Institutions see the checklist APRA says you need to worry about as purely form filling, but APRA doesn't want people just filling in forms, if you have good IT governance you will save ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
High oil prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... to underpin the broader market. But shares of financial services companies, including Citigroup Inc, fell on persistent worry that losses from mortgage defaults and the housing slump may worsen. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.74 points, or ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...