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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... personal income and spending rose 0.4 per cent in April, in line with what economists expected, according to the Commerce Department. Still, higher prices for food and gas ate up most of the gains in income. The report from the Commerce Department lags ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... closed higher "despite" reports confirming that America's economy remains lost in the woods. See? Easy. The US Commerce Department revealed that durable goods order dropped by a bigger-than-expected 3.6 per cent in April - the most since October (before ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... computers and autos that are expected to last at least three years -- dropped 3.6 per cent from March, the Commerce Department said. The decline was more than a percentage point bigger than expected by most analysts, but the Commerce Department revised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. The Labor Department reported its consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 per cent in April, lifted by surging gasoline prices ...

Finsia selects new CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... director. Having joined the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) in 2003, working in the professional education department, Thomas became senior manager and then director of the policy and public affairs division from 2006. "The powerful combination ...

UBS boosts Aust Fixed Income team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... related over the counter derivatives. Baylis' previous roles include senior analyst, investments in the international department of the Reserve Bank of Australia and roles at Standard and Poor's. "Ben's global and local experience as a senior market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... The company jumped 7.7 per cent after its earnings blew past expectations. The parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores said its first-quarter net income more than quintupled to $US131 million ($A121.05 million) from $US23 million ($A21.25 ...

UBS expanding Asian fund business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... months. The business development area of UBS' fund administration business is based in Hong Kong, while the operations department is in Singapore. "This 'asset services' business already exists but we rely heavily on third party providers, so this will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... The biggest corporate hiring spree in five years ended a weeklong slide in the US stock market on Friday. The Labor Department reported private employers hired 268,000 people last month, the most since February 2006. Taking into account job cuts of government ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... month is May. The US economy continues to strengthen. Last night's data release added evidence to this. The US Commerce Department reported that factory orders rose by 3 per cent in March - the fifth straight month of increase and better than market ...