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Count posts double digit profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Planning group Count Financial has reported a 24 per cent jump in net profits after tax to $24 million for the year ending 30 June, and it expects its double-digit growth to continue this financial year. In ASX statements released today, Count Financial ...

BT Financial frames big picture in 3D

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Financial services group BT Financial is hoping to appeal to consumers lovestruck with all things 3D, thanks to hit movie 'Avatar', with its new marketing campaign featuring 3D visuals starting this week. The "Bigger Picture" campaign, which started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... stock index ended down 3.10 per cent at a two-month low on Friday, the second consecutive day of sharp declines after US shares saw a record drop due to the Greek debt crisis. The headline Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 331.10 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... index of all first section shares ended down 0.77 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 978.81 points. The solid performance of US shares overnight encouraged investors, while the yen's relative weakness against the US dollar also cheered players because a weaker ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... Keep Rates at Record Low". Sensational aren't they? If you read just the headlines, you'll get that "lovin feelin" for US shares. But look closer and you'll see that there was nothing spectacular to Wall Street's performance at the closing bell. S&P ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF (VEU); and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (VTS). ETFs offer investors access to the diversified and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... since October 26, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 43.6 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,776.7. NEW YORK - US shares sputtered on Wednesday, ending mixed as investors mulled a weaker-than-anticipated survey on job losses and a cautiously optimistic ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index rose by 1.1 per cent in August - the third consecutive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... fell 52.37 points, or 1.35 percent, to close at 3,8290.85 points. TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended lower on Thursday after US shares fell and as wariness grew ahead of Japanese earnings season. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 66.22 points, or 0.64 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... banking stocks declined on the view that they've already had a good run. Local stocks had gained in early trading after US shares rose to a new high for the year on Friday, and as miners gained on a better-than expected production report from iron ore ...