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Hastings sell US natural gas terminal for huge profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Zachry American Infrastructure, Hastings sold its jointly held 25% equity interest in Freeport LNG Development to the New York-based Global Infrastructure Partners for $1.1 billion. Hastings executive director of global investment Peter Taylor said the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... 1.06 per cent, lower at 5,452.5. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 56.3 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 5,442.2. NEW YORK - US stocks have scored moderate gains following a solid kickoff to earnings season from Alcoa, and Federal Reserve meeting ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... 1.06 per cent, lower at 5,452.5. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 56.3 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 5,442.2. NEW YORK - US stocks have scored moderate gains following a solid kickoff to earnings season from Alcoa, and Federal Reserve meeting ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... this was on 20 May... then it stopped and went up. Why? Because - whether or not he was sent by Aunt Janet - Fed Bank of New York President and FOMC voting member William Dudley told us that day that "the pace of eventual rate increases "will probably ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... points, or 0.11 per cent, at 5,518.9. The broader All Ordinaries index lost 5.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,506.3. NEW YORK - US stocks have fallen, retreating from last week's records as analysts point to profit taking and predictions from some experts ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... points, or 0.62 per cent, at 5,525. The broader All Ordinaries index gained 32.3 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 5,511.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday. Wall Street on Thursday rode improving economic ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
It was short, but oh so sweeet! Short was last night's trading activity in the New York Stock Exchange - 3.5 hours instead of 6.5 hours -- and we all know what the sweeet was - the Dow gatecrashed through 17K to a new record, the S&P 500 rose to new ...

BNP Paribas board approves $9bn fine

AFP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... fine to avoid being tried for violating US embargoes. The agreement is due to be announced after markets close at the New York Stock Exchange, sources close to the matter told AFP. Another source said each one of the authorities involved - the Justice ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... points, or 0.89 per cent, to 5,419.5. The broader All Ordinaries index shed 44.8 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 5,401.6. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 edged to fresh records with the chances rising for GE's acquisition of parts of France's Alstom and ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange." "WTI for August delivery slipped 14 cents to settle at $106.03 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange." Say what? "WTI... slipped...? Say what, indeed! For this is the same mob that brought as the headline ...