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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... In company news, first half results are due from Pacific Brands, Mortgage Choice, Suncorp-Metway, Centro Retail Trust, Virgin Blue Holdings, Regional Express, Transfield Services, Skilled Group and Asciano Group. Full year results are due from Austar ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Coinciding with the month of Mardi Gras celebrations, Virgin Super is cutting "unfair fees" charged to parents and same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Greek ruins. Oh no, not another Greek metaphor! Yes Virginia, you and I and many others are perhaps sick in the stomach - or sick in the head? - of all the Greek metaphors that has sprung up since the potential for a Greek debt default made the ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Not happy Jan! Mr. Market still refuses to put on his happy hat. You and I Virginia would have thought that with the big positive developments that has transpired last week, Mr. Market wouldn't be worrying at being happy and Wall Street would at the ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Virgin Super eyes SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Virgin Super has gained more than $300 million in funds since launching four years ago and plans to target financial planners specialising in small to medium enterprises (SME) to gain more inflows. Matt Baxby, chief executive at Virgin Money Australia ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... Group Ltd releases annual results. Companies holding annual general meetings include Woolworths Ltd, BHP Billiton Ltd, Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd, Village Roadshow Ltd and Beach Petroleum. Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive David Thodey will speak at an ...