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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... could sell a stake of up to 20 per cent to outside investors. The market was also helped by a labor agreement at General Motors Corp that was to reduce medical costs for Detroit's automakers. GM shares gained by 9.4 per cent, while Ford's shares gained ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after stocks fell on Wall Street, as 73,000 workers at General Motors launched a nation-wide strike. This is in spite of higher metal prices overnight and a record-setting performance yesterday ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... month PM kerb close on the London Metals Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after oil prices rose and a General Motors executive said the crisis in US mortgage lending hurt US auto sales this month, stirring concerns of an even wider economic ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

... over the five years," the report said. For example, in 2000, 15 out of the top 20 funds were US-based including General Motors, General Electric, IBM, Lucent Technologies and Boeing. By 2005, only General Motors remains in the rankings but has since ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... that the Federal Reserve's next move will be an interest rate cut. The Dow and the S&P were buoyed by a jump in General Motors Corp shares on speculation that the automaker will not bid for Chrysler and by a gain in energy shares after crude oil futures ...

CalPERS pre-empts healthcare funding crisis

... basis". The risk is that this 'unfunded liability' is unpredictable and could cripple a company, as was the case with General Motors and its pension fund and health care liabilities which added $5,000 to the cost of each car. CalPERS said that the CERB ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... blue-chip stocks slipped as falling oil prices hit energy shares and financier Kirk Kerkorian cut his stake in General Motors Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 11.38 points at 12,310.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 1.52 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... reaching another record close, as a spike in Altria Group's shares offset worries about the outlook for Boeing Co and General Motors Corp. A sharp rebound in crude oil prices, which ended above $US61 a barrel, also gave investors a reason to buy the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... high set in January 2000, fueled by optimism about falling oil prices. The Dow got one of its biggest lifts from General Motors Corp, whose shares jumped 2.4 per cent after chief executive Rick Wagoner said he was open to an alliance with Renault-Nissan. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... fallouts in the world car making industry continues with Renault and Nissan rejecting a strategic alliance with General Motors who seek to shore up their competitiveness against their major global contender in Japan's largest company Toyota. Despite ...