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Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... 0.4% at the finish. The same goes for the S&P 500 Index - down 1.1% in early Wall Street activity closed in the green by an eye-popping 0.2%. Ho-hum. Yes folks, it's as if 'twas the night before Christmas, "when all through the house Not a creature was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set for a modestly stronger start after France and Germany called for a new EU treaty with tougher budgetary rules to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks markets rose on the proposal, but Wall Street pulled back on reports ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start on Friday as world markets failed to continue a strong rally sparked by central bank action for major banks. At 0829 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Merged independent financial advisory groups Snowball and Shadforth are now known as SFG Australia. The name change was approved by shareholders at the group's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday, after being given the green light by the regulator. ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
"Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah) Know the way I feel tonight (Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah) Only the lonely (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah) Know this feeling ain't right (Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah)" - Roy Orbison It was another lonely day for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... counterbalancing each other, with a few stocks up and down." In Europe, markets moved mostly lower, with investors keeping a wary eye on the eurozone debt crisis as Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs spiked worryingly higher. As Italy's new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... November, suggesting an upturn in business conditions. LONDON - European markets moved mostly lower, with investors keeping a wary eye on the eurozone debt crisis as Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs spiked worryingly higher. As Italy, Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Ordinaries index was up 10.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4,369.1. NEW YORK - US stocks fell Monday as wary markets kept an eye on political changes in Greece and Italy aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose on news Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign once a new budget was passed. At 0829 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 56 ...