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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... concerns eased over the subprime mortgage market, boosting financial shares, and a takeover play was made for the Chicago Board of Trade. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 26.28 points to 12,159.68 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 5.11 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... the Dow falling overnight and the different concerns that seem to be surfacing. "But the weakness is definitely across the board and our major miners are getting hit, with base metal prices falling," she said. At 1207 AEDT, the world's biggest miner ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
The Australian share market gained ground at noon with a robust performance of most stocks across the board after this morning's slightly weak opening. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lifted 37.3 points to 5867.5 whilst the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... those (US numbers) out the way, we'll probably see a bit more activity," he explained. "It's pretty much flat across the board, but nothing's been hit particularly hard. A lot of the big cap stocks are off, but there's nothing really outstanding." US ...

CalPERS pre-empts healthcare funding crisis

... prefunding future retiree health benefit costs offers many benefits to public employers," said George Diehr, chair of the CalPERS Board's Health Benefits Committee. But even more significant, CERB can also be used further down the track to cover life ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... general meeting and building materials maker James Hardie will release its third quarter results. On the economics front, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is meeting to decide whether to raise interest rates, and the Australian Bureau ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... an inquiry into the takeover of Qantas by a Macquarie Bank-backed consortium would not delay a Foreign Investment Reveiw Board decision on the issue and the airline and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would not oppose it. Qantas ...

Private equity everywhere: CHAMP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... 'there are no good or bad assets, just good or bad prices'". Childers did agree that leverage multiples had risen across the board, though not to worrying levels. "From leverage multiples of 3.5-4.5 times a few years ago we're now seeing leverage multiples ...

IFSA adds two to board

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed two senior industry executives as new board members. Maria Wilton joins the board from Franklin Templeton Investments where she is currently managing director. Brian Bissaker fills ...

HFA to meet full year forecast

... Holdings has announced it is on track to meet full year profit forecasts and has flagged upcoming changes to the management board. Listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in April last year, HFA Holdings posted a 19 per cent increase in funds ...